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A podcast analyzing the true life experiences of everyday people who grew up fundamentalist, orthodox, or within any other strictly religious environment, and the impact (positive or negative) that this upbringing had on who they are today.
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Send us Fan Mail Christy Powell is a licensed professional counselor highlighting issues of gender, sexuality and religious trauma. He is also the former host of “Secular Sexuality,” and a current host on “Talk Heathen,” both of which are live shows produced through The Atheist Experience on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAtheistExperience On episode 120 of Growing Up Fundie, Christy shares his experience growing up within a household that fluctuated between casual and Evangelic...
Send us Fan Mail Tiktok clips from this debate have garnered over 1.5 million views and counting View the full video version of this debate here: https://youtu.be/xbBY0S2w1aU?si=h9GEjXmA7H0lNGd6 From “What is Irrational About My World View?” The Conversation Coalitions June 2024 live event in Nashville, TN. Featuring Sydney Davis Jr. Jr. & Pedro Garcia https://www.youtube.com/@TheConversationCoalition Support the show Find more “Growing Up Fundie” here: Sydney ...
Send us Fan Mail View the visual version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/gcp7w5AypU8 What is Christian Nationalism? Christian nationalism is a form of religious nationalism that focuses on promoting the Christian views of its followers, in order to achieve prominence or dominance in political and social life. Separation of Church and State (Definition & Details) https://www.freedomforum.org/separation-of-church-and-state/ American Progress . Org https://www.americanprogress....
Send us Fan Mail Watch the YouTube version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/qObbkKvJ9rQ?si=hvepS4FmVs0yoo8j Kelley Laughlin was raised Lutheran until the age of 14, when he first began questioning what he was being told. He continued to read, research, and search for the truth until joining the military both literally and figuratively put the Bible back into his hands. Once out of the military, years of drugs and homelessness threatened his path until fatherhood awakened his curi...
Send us Fan Mail View the visual version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/lZFazV_SdfU Lindsey grew up in a religious family that devoutly followed the now-infamous IBLP IBLP organization, or “The Institute in Basic Life Principles.” Made infamous by documentaries like “Shiny Happy People,” on Amazon Prime (which Lindsey was also featured in), this church was lead by Bill Gothard, a man who somehow convinced, and still convinces, people across the world to live by rules and values he ...
Send us Fan Mail Eric’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@theinvestigativemillennial9381 Our discussion on why Skeptics leave the Church: https://youtu.be/XpUYnlhfATY?si=uuZtDGj_uAqcu9do Our OG Livestream from June 13th 2023: https://www.youtube.com/live/w07vEeqW7vM?si=M5w4WWB3QXb3l4Dd ______________________________ Tell me what you think of the show here: https://forms.gle/R7giKgimVAUJfQ477 Find more “Growing Up Fundie” here: Website: www.growingupfundiepodcast.com Spotify: https...
Send us Fan Mail On Growing Up Fundie, Episode 151. Misty walks us through her family’s decades-long journey through the gamut of Christian denominations, and the college assignment that finally opened her eyes to what she really believed. __________________________________ Tell me what you think of the show here: https://forms.gle/R7giKgimVAUJfQ477 Find more “Growing Up Fundie” here: Website: www.growingupfundiepodcast.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2EHJGf8kGbSV9SRbqsfYKS...
Send us Fan Mail This episode originally livestreamed on YouTube on Wednesday, June 5th 2024. Watch the original stream here: https://www.youtube.com/live/xPTs1No2Qa4?si=D6InpFHxZVzQSbF7 Jimmy Jr. is a host for the shows ‘Talk Heathen’ and ‘The Non Prophets,’ from the Atheist Community of Austin (ACA). However, he wasn't always. Jimmy was once a normal twenty-something with no idea where he wanted to go in life. In this episode, Jimmy covers finding your path, apologizin...
Send us Fan Mail 148 Brett M. considers himself a free-thinking Christian. He recognizes that in order to hang his hat on a belief system, and claim that he wants to follow a specific faith or religion, he has to feel as though he’s done as much research as he possibly can in order to feel comfortable calling himself a Christian. In this episode, Brett describes this experience, and how his thoughts and opinions are received by both atheists and Christians alike. Check out Brett’s colum...
Send us Fan Mail Kyle Lett attended a Baptist church with his Grandmother until the age of 12, when his father and stepmother decided he needed to attend a Pentecostal church with them. After years of involving himself in the ministry, Kyle began to recognize that he wasn’t sure he truly agreed with everything he was helping preach, or even believed it himself. Now an “agnostic who still sometimes struggles with the idea of an afterlife,” Kyle shares his thoughts and feelings on c...
Send us Fan Mail This episode originally livestreamed on YouTube on May 24th, 2024. Check out the video version of this episode here: https://youtube.com/live/7vvBtIe6RCs?feature=share Find this episode, and others here: Website: www.growingupfundiepodcast.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2EHJGf8kGbSV9SRbqsfYKS Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-up-fundie/id1602008078 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ad6ac91e-c2fb-47d6-8658-df8aed941eac...
Send us Fan Mail Cliff aka Asura the Atheist is a humanist, atheist, and content creator who faces difficult topics and conversations head-on. Through Tiktok stitches and duets, Cliff promotes critical thinking and empathy to his audience, whether they’re there because they agree, or they’re there to call him a “pick-me.” In this episode (part 2 of 2), we find out more about Asura the Atheist himself, and how he found himself engaging in the online atheist space, while also married to a belie...
Send us Fan Mail Cliff aka Asura the Atheist is a humanist, atheist, and content creator who faces difficult topics and conversations head-on. Through Tiktok stitches and duets, Cliff promotes critical thinking and empathy to his audience, whether they’re there because they agree, or they’re there to call him a “pick-me.” In this episode (part 1 of 2), Cliff addresses the “Man or Bear” controversy that is taking over social media, and highlighting the importance of listening to and understand...
Send us Fan Mail Watch the visual episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Vp1QaAcmAFE Rich grew up in a Baptist household in California. Despite his devout upbringing, and attending church multiple times each week, he began to see the cracks in the lessons being taught by the church, vs the choices they were showing him through their actions. After specific events that caused even his parents to finally leave their congregation, he realized he not only didn’t want to go to chur...
Send us Fan Mail ___________________________ Find this episode, and others here: Website: www.growingupfundiepodcast.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2EHJGf8kGbSV9SRbqsfYKS Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-up-fundie/id1602008078 Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/ad6ac91e-c2fb-47d6-8658df8aed941eac/growing-up-fundie Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sydneydavisjrjr Buzzsprout Subscriptions: https://www.buzzsprout.com/https://www.buzzsprou...
Send us Fan Mail Watch the original livestream here: https://youtube.com/live/v8hiG8Wa0oc?feature=share Dr. Josh Bowen graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 2017, with a Ph.D. in Assyriology. He wrote his dissertation on the lamentational liturgies of the city of Kiš, and specializes in the Sumerian language. Joshua was awarded the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (D.A.A.D.) and Fulbright scholarship during the 2014-2015 academic year, allowing him to spend t...
Send us Fan Mail At one time, James Aames led worship at a megachurch, held Bible studies, gave sermons, witnessed on the streets, went on mission trips, and never missed his daily devotional regimen. He walked the walk and talked the talk. But forcing his faith didn’t work for him, and he was soon miserable. At 33 years old, he finally called it quits. Since then he’s been writing, reading, thinking, and healing. In an effort to right the wrongs he feels that he’s done to so many...
Send us Fan Mail John Verner used to be a member of what he calls 'the largest cult in the United States.' However, after studying the Bible, ministry, and Christian history at Moody Bible Institute, he set his sights on confronting the problematic nature of white evangelicalism in the United States. John is now a writer, reporter, and podcaster whose book (and podcast of the same name) “The Cult of Christianity” aims to provoke critical thinking, and unravel conventional narrati...
Send us Fan Mail View Anthony's previous interview, Episode 73, here: https://youtu.be/OWZxPsamguI?si=uq5pobymYEaRTZV7 Religious Studies Scholar Anthony David Vernon returns for further discussions regarding little-known information about many non-Christian religions practiced around the world, and the reasons people deconstruct from them (including the consequences they can face when they do). Read his work here: The Assumption of Death: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09SL31476 Flings on Fling...
Send us Fan Mail https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1096741988/orthodox-christian-churches-are-drawing-in-far-right-american-converts Hunter wasn't always a member of the Eastern Orthodox church. In fact, he was quite the opposite! However, as a young religious pre-teen, Hunter found himself looking for a place of worship that he felt was more serious, and less of the concerts he felt modern Non Denominational churches had become. In this episode, Hunter shares with us how he went from cons...
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