Deconversion stories from Biblical Errancy

JW of Raleigh, North Carolina

Letter #209 from JW of Raleigh, North Carolina

Dear Dennis....I'm sure you don't need convincing that there is a serious, even desperate need for the type work you're doing. The results of the refusal by "bible-believing" Christians to honestly and critically examine the moral and religious claims and assertions of their faith are cropping up in the headlines every day. And I agree with you that the only way to reach these "believers" is to go on the offensive, to expose their theological assertions as fallacious, irrational, dangerous, and--not to put too fine a point on it--fundamentally immoral.... Your newsletter is excellent, and considering the vast amount of territory there is to cover, I'm glad to see that it deals with several different topics at a time. You might want to consider soliciting contributions from your ex-Christian readers on how and why they came to their senses. In my case, I was unable to reconcile the image of God as a concerned and loving father as proclaimed by Jesus with the capricious horror of the doctrine of predestination and election (Rom. 9:9-24). As far as I'm concerned, all other "problem" passages in the bible pale by comparison. The implications of such a belief are petrifyingly monstrous, with ramifications that most literal-minded fundamentalists haven't even begun to grapple with. It's bad enough to be asked to accept the fact that some people (including children and infants) will be tormented eternally in hell, but to be asked to love and praise a God who condemns the vast majority of mankind to such a fate EVEN BEFORE THEY'RE BORN is going too far.... Thanks again for your courage and efforts on behalf of reason and sanity....

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