Reading path
The deconvert's path
You left a Christian background. You found the version you were given unsupportable. The site is for you, with no defensiveness.
Most deconversion triggers are intellectual, moral, or social. The site's strongest answer is to category one (intellectual). It argues that the Christianity you left was not the only version, and that mainstream scholarship supports more of the case than popular skepticism implies.
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Deconversion narratives and their triggers
What deconverts actually objected to. The site's scope.
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Biblical inspiration without strict inerrancy
The case does not require strict inerrancy.
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The Old Testament moral problems
The conquest, slavery, the imprecatory psalms. Honest engagement.
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Hell, universalism, and the range of orthodox options
Three positions, all considered orthodox by significant historical streams.
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Christianity's civilizational track record
A mixed record. The standard "religion poisons everything" narrative does not survive the data.
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Section · Section 03
5,800 manuscripts
Examining the documentary evidence again, with the deconvert's questions in view.
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Section · Section 09
Six pillars
The six core facts.
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Section · Section 17
The case is the case
The closing.