| Things You Can Do as a Non-Believer | Things You Can Still Do as a Non-Believer
1. Love
2. Be in love
3. Dream
4. Be kind
5. Feel empathy
6. Be inspired
7. Forgive
8. Be grateful
9. Help others
10. Have integrity
11. Be positive
12. Hope
13. Live in the present
14. Accept your failures
15. Find meaning
16. Connect -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2020 Insighting Growth Publications |
| Mutual Respect | I left faith, but I still understand that many believers are good, sincere people. I'm not better than those who believe. I just don't hold the same views anymore. There's no reason we can't all live and relate with mutual respect. -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2020 Insighting Growth Publications |
| A Wall Trying to Fall Down | My Christian faith, in retrospect, was like a wall that was constantly trying to fall down. My belief system required a perpetual propping up that relied on the execution of complex mental gymnastics. My non-belief is different.
It is simple, stable, and requires no buttressing. -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2021 Insighting Growth Publications |
| Front-Row Seat | We now have a front-row seat to multiple real-time examples of how believing that God is leading you can cripple one's ability to perceive reality as we watch evangelicals deny climate change, the seriousness of COVID-19, and the results of a free and fair presidential election. -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2021 Insighting Growth Publications |
| Soul/Brain | If humans have a soul operating in tandem with the brain, why doesn't it kick in like a backup drive when someone gets Alzheimer's Disease or part of the brain is damaged?
Simple Answer: Your brain is you, & when your brain is gone, you're gone. But don't despair. Seize the day! -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2021 Insighting Growth Publications |
| 70% In Hell? | If you take the Bible seriously, given the number of Christians in the world, about 70% of humans alive today are going to hell. And this destiny—more than anything else—is a consequence of where you were born and the religion of your parents. A loving God who is fair and just?ULL -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2021 Insighting Growth Publications |
| I Was Wrong | Religion is empowered by the human reluctance to say, "I was wrong," and even more by the aversion to saying, "I've been wrong for a long time." -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2020 Insighting Growth Publications |
| Unmatched Puzzle Pieces | Even with 3 theology degrees, developing a coherent personal theology was like trying to assemble an odd assortment of pieces from different puzzles. I now understand why. The Bible contains a menagerie of ideas about God, ethics, and life—ensuring endless confusion. -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 1020 Insighting Growth Publications |
| 1 Thing All Religions Have in Common | One thing all religions have in common is inconsistent results. All faiths have non-practicing, lukewarm, and deeply committed believers. Why? No matter how much faith or what kind of faith is present, religious actions are all powered by human energy—not by an imagined deity. -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2020 Insighting Growth Publications |
| Humpty Dumpty | Deconversion is like opening a door you weren't supposed to open, then seeing something you weren't supposed to see, and never being the same again.
You're Humpty Dumpty.
You fell off a wall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the old you together again. -- Tim Sledge Copyright © 2020 Insighting Growth Publications |