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Today I spoke with Jamin Coller, who grew up as a pastor's kid and became a worship pastor himself for 25 years before ultimately deconverting as he examined the truth claims of Christianity.
We touched on many topics, including:
• Getting "saved" but repeatedly recommitting his life to Jesus to be confident that his salvation was absolutely certain.
• Experiencing cycles of "spiritual OCD" revolving around guilt, repentance, renewal, sinning again, and falling back into guilt.
• Seeing that Christian testimonies are extremely biased and do not prove that the Christian worldview is correct.
• Being strongly urged to not associate much with non-Christians or listen to their perspectives, and to instead stayed extremely sheltered and ignorant of other views.
• How using the "outsider test for faith" on other versions of Christianity, and religion in general, leads to the conclusion that people are often clinging to a worldview based on how they were indoctrinated, community pressure, and their feelings, instead of whether the claims are actually true.
• Being intensely shamed and demeaned by loved ones for asking hard questions about the Christian worldview, and ultimately facing extreme passive-aggressive shunning for deconverting.
• Being shocked at rampant anti-intellectualism in Christianity.
• Understanding that there have been many divergent understandings of the Yahweh and Jesus characters, and Christians are often referring to only one of those understandings and simply ignoring the rest.
• Watching the endless versions of Christianity continually try, over time, to adapt and evolve their messages to cultural sensitivities and politics, while consistently disparaging and fighting each other.
• The importance of helping kids get all the information possible to make worldview decisions, and to ensure they feel empowered in their autonomy to make the best decisions for themselves as they grow up, without threats of shunning or hell.
Many thanks to Jamin for sharing his story and insights!
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Ending music by Eyal Raz, "Friends"
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