Deconversion stories from Biblical Errancy

JW of Mobile, Alabama

Letter #60 from the August, 1984 Issue Concludes (Part b)

I was reared in the fundamentalist baptist religion and went to a non-denominational "Christian" school and believed all these things fervently--now that I think back on it I remember questioning lots of things in my mind but pushed them back because of what I was taught--that it is perfect. So any questions I might have had were because God was so intelligent and far above me that I couldn't understand what he was saying. I only began soul-searching when my friend (now husband) began asking me questions that I couldn't answer. And together we slowly came to the same conclusion. For instance, he asked me about the order of creation--the grass was created before the sun--how did the grass photosynthesize? Gradually the more I studied the more I learned--really learned and I've drawn my own conclusions.... In fact the Bible is a far more interesting subject now than it was when I considered myself a "born-again Christian." And I was very devout.... It has taken me 6 or 7 years to come this far. I'm 26. The biblicists say. "The truth shall set you free" and they are correct. I'm far freer and happier than I was in my guilt-inducing Bible days.... I feel you have put the "study" in Bible study. Your work is much appreciated by us. Keep it up.

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