In November of 2009, after an adult lifetime of faith, we made a public announcement that we were no longer Christians.
It has been the single hardest thing we have ever done, but it’s the right thing for us.
The basics are explained here in “An Open Letter To Our Friends”.
Because it’s the source of most of my hits recently, here is a link to the “Faith” category of posts, where we discuss our recent decision to leave Christianity and the fallout that is occurring. There’s not an awful lot there right now, because we’re still dealing with the repercussions and because we don’t want to post anything that might hurt anyone that we’re still close to. Things will be added there as we work stuff out.
Odd. I fumbled onto your blog while looking for Mouse Guard goodies and found this post. My mates/companions/loverswhathaveyou also left their Christianity behind after living childhoods, young adulthoods and the first years of their marriage with their respective ministerial parents. It’s strange the paths we all walk and how we get to the places we go.
Their parents would fret about whether or not the kids know who Jesus is or if they were all going to burn in Hell.
Then, I came along and spun their world perspective.
Now, they worry about the children somehow being neglected when they’re surrounded by loving parents and good people. They still fret about the Jesus thing. They still worry about our souls.
The world moves on and some things remain the same.
In the end, I suspect there will be people who are shocked or frightened away by these new things like not being a Christian or loving lots of people, but everything will even out. There are much crazier things to spend one’s worry energy on. As long as there’s love, among the families who care for one another, everything will eventually be okay. (And though I haven’t read much of the rest of your blog, if you’re playing Mouse Guard, everything’s likely pretty awesome! We’re playing D&D with our girls. They love it!)