By Ed (Teapot) ~ I n my first post , I talked about my deconversion itself. In this post I wanted to talk about a few things I encountered after my deconversion, and also I wanted to talk about how I became an anti-theist. I know that testimonials and rants are both posted on this site, and this will be something of both. After my deconversion I watched Evid3nc3 ’s videos on his deconversion process and his study of the bible. The subject of Old Testament scholarship comes up in his videos, and he talks about the Documentary Hypothesis . He also speaks of the idea of a simulacrum, something that you treat as though it has some kind of power, and over time you began to react to it as though it really did have that power. I was studying the Bible, and I was reading about Biblical scholarship. One of the books I read was Bart Ehrman ’s “ Misquoting Jesus ”. That book introduces the reader to new testament scholarship, and points out many misconceptions modern people have abo...

By Ed (Teapot) ~ I was raised into Christianity by my mother when I was a kid, although I didn't really come to understand the gospel’s idea of salvation until I was in high school. It was also during that time that I experienced my first period of doubt in my faith. That experience was very painful, and it led me to fight against doubt, and to assert my beliefs in my religion. I think when someone is struggling against doubt, and are fighting for their religious beliefs, they can often hold on to their faith, at least for a while. That's what happened to me in high school. For me, my deconversion happened much later, during a period when I was weary, and was not longer actively trying to hold on to my faith. That was when I became willing to re-evaluate my beliefs, instead of just holding on to them for the sake of holding on. It began during the spring of 2011. Probably the earliest event leading to my deconversion occurred was when I was watching clips from t...