Deconversion stories from Biblical Errancy

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Letter #346 from TF of Webster, Wisconsin

Dear Mr. McKinsey... I am a former Fundamentalist who "studied his way out of Christianity" while in a Christian college training to be a minister. Today I am a Deist. Like you, I have studied the Bible and read books by McDowell, Morris, Archer, Arndt, and Haley on one side and Wheless, Remsburg, and Paine on the other. Until I encountered your newsletter, I thought I was the only person in the world who thought the way I did. I had met a few people who disbelieved in the Bible, but most of them had never even read the book, and none of them was capable of answering any of the simplest arguments of your typical apologist. As you probably know, I have collected every single back issue of BE and intend to keep subscribing to it as long as you keep publishing it. You have a friend and ally here in Wisconsin. Keep up the good work.

Editor's Response to Letter #346

Dear TF. Your comment with respect to critics of the Bible is all too true. In fact, the tendency of biblical critics to avoid rather than oppose has been one of the greatest weaknesses of the freethought movement. Is it any wonder that religious nonsense is so prominent on the media and rational analyses of same are all but nonexistent!

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