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Graceful Atheist Podcast

Graceful Atheist Podcast

By: Atheists United Studios
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A secular humanist podcast about Secular Grace after deconstruction and deconversion. Member of the Atheists United Studios podcast network.

The podcast takes an honest look at stories of faith transition from a life-altering faith, to doubt and deconstruction, to deconversion, and finally, to a thriving graceful life post-deconversion.

My name is David, and I am trying to be the Graceful Atheist. Join me and be graceful human beings.


https://gracefulatheist.com/
Support the podcast: https://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheistCopyright Atheists United Studios
Christianity Philosophy Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • Matthew Taylor: Why We Podcast
    Dec 30 2023
    Mathew Taylor, co-host of Still Unbelievable!, returns to the podcast to discuss why we podcast.Links

    Matthew on Twitter:
    https://twitter.com/vteclimey

    Confessions of a YEC blog:
    https://confessionsofayec.wordpress.com/

    "God takes the good people early” post:
    https://confessionsofayec.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/god-takes-the-good-people-early/

    Reason Press:
    https://reasonpress.net/

    "Still Unbelievable!” the book:
    https://reasonpress.net/SU1EPodcasts:

    Still Unbelievable!
    https://anchor.fm/still-unbelievable

    Ask An Atheist Anything
    https://anchor.fm/reasonpress

    Previous episode
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2019/06/20/matthew-taylor-confessions-of-a-young-earth-creationist/

    Interact

    For quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show notes
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/30/matthew-taylor-why-we-podcast/

    Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion

    Graceful Atheist Podcast Merch!
    https://www.teepublic.com/user/gracefulatheistpodcast

    Support the podcast on Patreon
    https://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheist

    Secular Grace
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/

    Deconversion
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/

    Deconstruction
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/

    Attribution

    "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
    https://makaihbeats.net/
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Sara: Christian Humanism
    Dec 18 2023
    This week’s guest is Sara. Sara grew up in a Canadian Mennonite community and embraced it wholeheartedly. She was surrounded by evangelical Christianity and she thrived.

    As a young adult, she married and followed her husband into ministry. While he led, she helped as was expected of her. It didn’t occur to her until years later how little her own leadership skills had to be set aside.

    Sara’s husband started deconstructing his beliefs before she did, but as he was learning, she was also learning. Years later, she knew he’d become an atheist before he did.

    It wasn’t easy, but they made space for one another to learn and grow and move down their own paths. Today, Sara is a spiritual director for others and doesn’t have a specific label for herself, and it works just fine.

    “There’s a whole host of ways of being in the world…”

    Links

    Sara’s website
    https://prairiethistle.ca/

    Facebook
    https://www.facebook.com/prairiethistle

    Interact

    For quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show notes
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/17/sara-christian-humanism/

    Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion

    Graceful Atheist Podcast Merch!
    https://www.teepublic.com/user/gracefulatheistpodcast

    Support the podcast on Patreon
    https://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheist

    Secular Grace
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/

    Deconversion
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/

    Deconstruction
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/

    Attribution

    "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
    https://makaihbeats.net/
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Beth: Deconstruction from the Moral Majority
    Dec 11 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.” Her father was a pastor whose sermons centered on the End Times and protecting their families from the “shifting culture,” (read: all the movements happening in the 60’s and 70’s).


    As a teen, she lived a double life, keeping plenty of secrets from her parents. However, as a young adult, followed all the rules with the expectation that the “umbrella of God’s protection” would take care of her. It didn’t.


    It took decades of trying to do what was “right” and watching the promises of the Church come to naught before she finally took the leap out of Christianity. She now identifies as SBNR—spiritual but not religious. Beth is now able to trust her own judgment and make decisions that are best for her. No “umbrella of protection” needed.


    Interact

    For quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show notes
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/12/10/beth-deconstruction-from-the-moral-majority/

    Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
    https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion

    Graceful Atheist Podcast Merch!
    https://www.teepublic.com/user/gracefulatheistpodcast

    Support the podcast on Patreon
    https://www.patreon.com/gracefulatheist

    Secular Grace
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/

    Deconversion
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/

    Deconstruction
    https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/

    Attribution

    "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
    https://makaihbeats.net/
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    50 mins
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