Category: Deconversion

Resource: How not to talk to former Christians

Dave Underwood2 Comments

One of the things I have been frustrated by, as a recovering former Fundamentalist Christian, has been the way still-practising Christian friends & family speak to me about what I believe now. Fundamentalist Christians seem to believe they can still “speak into my life” with a “Word from God” the same way they would when I was a believer. It’s arrogant and disrespectful and very unpleasant.

It’s made me realise how insufferable I must have been when I was preaching or “evangelising” to non-Christians when I was a Christian 😕

The resource below from Chrissy Stroop is the best thing I have seen that describes this experience of how practising Fundamentalist Christian friends & family speak to me about my agnosticism. It articulates and explains things in a way that has been helpful to my mental health. I recommend it to all ex-Christians 👍

This graphic is reproduced here for non-commercial purposes. Chrissy’s website is cstroop.com.

How not to talk to former Christians. Progressive Christian Allyship Depends on Respect for Moral Autonomy. By Chrissy Stroop.
Source: https://twitter.com/C_Stroop/status/1491788107443671045/photo/1

Resource: Religious beliefs to unlearn

Dave Underwood2 Comments

For many ex-Christians like myself, deprogramming from toxic religious indoctrination takes time. I recently came across this graphic from the team at Happy Whole Way. I think it speaks to a number of the things former fundamentalist believers have to unlearn.

This graphic is republished here with their permission. You can find out more about who they are & what they do on their website: www.happywholeway.com.

Religious beliefs to unlearn from www.happywholeway.com
Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca0QHDkvIRh/