Graceful Atheist Podcast

30/12/2023

Mathew Taylor co-host of Still Unbelievable! returns to the podcast to discuss why we podcast....

Mathew Taylor co-host of Still Unbelievable! returns to the podcast to discuss why we podcast.

18/12/2023

Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived. ...

Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived.

11/12/2023

This week’s guest is Beth. Beth grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home that revered James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and all those who created the “Moral Majority.”...

This week’s guest is Beth. Beth grew up in a fundamentalist Christian home that revered James Dobson, Jerry Falwell and all those who created the “Moral Majority.”

04/12/2023

Andrew is a self-named atheist “paleo-nerd" who writes on Dino Dad Reviews....

Andrew is a self-named atheist “paleo-nerd” who writes on Dino Dad Reviews.

27/11/2023

Arline interviews this week's guest, Racquelle.

"Once I started the [deconstruction] motion it started moving very quickly."

Arline interviews this week’s guest, Racquelle. Racquelle grew up in Canada in the Seventh Day Adventist church. Conspiracy theories were common in her household. Some of them she bought into…

20/11/2023

Arline interviews this week's guest, Andy Neal.

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Arline interviews this week’s guest, Andy Neal of Andy Films Hikes fame. He tells his story of deconstruction, acceptance of his body and his joy in nature.

14/11/2023

Arline interviews this week's guest, Natalie.

Pentecostal to Mormon to Atheist

Natalie from New Zealand tells Arlene here story. She grew up Pentecostal participating in church. In her young adulthood she converted to Mormonism. She saw that as woman her role was limited and …

06/11/2023

Arline interviews this week's guest, former Southern Baptist minister, Jeff.

"After a lifetime of having all the right answers, now I don’t even know what the questions are."

https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/11/05/jeff-deconstruction-of-a-southern-baptist-minister/

Jeff grew up in his words “a very religious household.” He attended a large Southern Baptist church. In college he fell in love with the seriousness of Calvinism after reading John Pipe…

30/10/2023

Arline interview's this week's guest, Megan.

“The more seriously you take your Christian faith, the more it can morph into these really abusive, bad things that sneak up to destroy parts of your life…”

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Megan grew up in a fundamentalist Catholic home with an irrationally religious mother and an absent father. As a teen, she was invited to an evangelical bible study after school and after some seri…

23/10/2023

My G.A.P. guest this week is Kris.

“…everything just started unraveling in my faith. I realized I couldn’t read the Bible anymore. I couldn’t listen to any Jesus music anymore…I would get uncomfortable. I would feel anxious. I didn’t understand what was happening. I didn’t ever think that this could be considered religious trauma.”

A strong leader with a kind and compassionate heart—and a love for Ozzy Osbourne—Kris is enjoying the life she’s found beyond religion.

16/10/2023

Arline interviews this week's guest, Jeremy Schumacher, LMFT.

“The Bible is not a valid source. [I] would not cite this source if [I was] writing a peer-reviewed paper…That for me was like, ‘Oh. I’m an atheist.’”

Jeremy is currently a “licensed marriage & family therapist with additional specialties in religious trauma and sports performance.”

13/10/2023

Or so wrote William Shakespeare. But in the late 1990s--at least according to Evangelical Christians--hell was full to overflowing and yearning for more souls. The Satanic Panic was in full swing. Here are some stories from our Facebook community. It's almost unbelievable what religious people will teach their children. Here’s a story my church friend’s mom told us as kids: “Once with my girlfriends, we decided to do the thing where you chant ‘light as a feather, stiff as a board,’ and then altogether you are able to lift one of your group with just your index fingers!...

Or so wrote William Shakespeare. But in the late 1990s–at least according to Evangelical Christians–hell was full to overflowing and yearning for more souls. The Satanic Panic was in fu…

08/10/2023

Arline interviews last week's guest, Mandi.

“It’s been so good for my mental health, to not believe, to stop praying.”

This week’s guest is Mandi. Mandi grew up in a mixed Jewish and Christian home, attending a Messianic temple. She loved every minute of it as a kid and cherishes her memories.  In high school …

07/10/2023

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05/10/2023

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30/09/2023

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28/09/2023

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26/09/2023

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25/09/2023

My G.A.P. guest this week is Jordon.

“I wanted to believe. I actually really wanted to believe. I didn’t want to let go of it, but it was gone. There wasn’t anything bringing it back.”

This week’s guest is Jordon. Jordon comes from a long family line of Mennonites but Jordon was bookish and musical and never quite fit in. He grew up in the church, but with two older brothers alre…

23/09/2023

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21/09/2023

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21/09/2023

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18/09/2023

Arline Erven interviews this week's G.A.P. guest, Nora.

“You start asking questions, and then one question leads to another question.”

This week’s guest is Nora. Nora grew up in Argentina, the granddaughter of Italian immigrants, and Argentina still has her heart. When Nora was in middle school, her father believed God wanted him…

16/09/2023

You don't want to miss this episode with our guest, Tracey!

14/09/2023

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12/09/2023

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11/09/2023

My G.A.P. guest this week is Tracey.

"That’s a theme through my whole experience of Christianity…Christians are actually attracted to narcissists..."

This week’s guest is Tracey. Tracey spent her childhood in a white American Christian home where Focus on the Family reigned and “Obey right away” was the expectation.

07/09/2023

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