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Matthew Korpman carefully excavates the noble tradition of faithful betrayal. In this much needed book, Korpman not only reveals a more healthy and mature faith, but also shows us how it can help us moves beyond both the Conservative and
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“For many, losing god feels like losing a parent, and that loss has the potential to be devastating (Winell 4). The loss of god is an extremely complicated grief. People feel shame for their grief, believing they should be able to get over the loss of god quickly or they should not feel so devastated. They may feel that their devotion was simply a set of cognitive beliefs, when in reality their belief had deep emotional and relational impact.”
― You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
― You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
“Within fundamentalism, humans are trained towards passivity and codependence because of the emphasis put upon external guidance and divine control.”
― You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
― You Are Your Own: A Reckoning with the Religious Trauma of Evangelical Christianity
“How could a deity competent enough to create this Universe — if he/she/it has any interest of being known or listened to — be such a massively poor”
― GUESSING ABOUT GOD
― GUESSING ABOUT GOD
“Since, for most centuries since Jesus died, the majority of the population couldn’t read or had limited access to books, why would an all-knowing God think self-revelation through a book was a good idea? For 1,500 years or so after the death of Jesus, God’s holy book remained inaccessible to most everybody except Christian priests who did the reading and interpretation of the book. Does this sound like a plan designed by the “God of the Universe”?”
― GUESSING ABOUT GOD
― GUESSING ABOUT GOD
“I am not trying to offer a cheap apologetic for the resurrection of Christ; accepting the resurrection of Christ is truly a matter of faith.”
― The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins
― The Evolution of Adam: What the Bible Does and Doesn't Say about Human Origins
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