**The final plug for this: I am currently fundraising for a new PC due to a major technical failure with my current iMac that will see it get decommissioned in the near future. If you can help, please donate here.** It doesn't matter what religious (or lack thereof) belief you hold; it doesn't matter where … Continue reading Book Review: The Triumph of Christianity
Author: whenbeliefdies
Throwing in the towel
I almost stopped today. For a good hour this morning, I almost pulled the plug on it all. Does my voice matter? Does this blog make a difference? Is it helping me to share all this with you all? What if I regret what I share? What will my children think about all of this? … Continue reading Throwing in the towel
GoFundMe – The Ask
I need to purchase some new podcast & video editing equipment as my computer is failing 
If you are here it’s because you either know me personally, watch/listen to the podcast each Wednesday or read the blog each Saturday. I am currently running everything from a 2013 iMac that I inherited from my Grandad, … Continue reading GoFundMe – The Ask
Book Review: The God Delusion
I read this a couple of years, and ago very early on in my deconversion, I found it very interesting. I wanted to come back to it again and managed to pick it up on Audible so I thought I would give it a listen. It's narrated by Mr Dawkins and his now ex-wife Lalla … Continue reading Book Review: The God Delusion
Some Responses
Over the last few months, as I have spoken to Christians about my deconversion. Christians who viewed me as a church leader, a teacher and in some places a friend. Telling these people that I no longer believe in the way I used to, well it has brought about a variety of responses. I wanted … Continue reading Some Responses
A Difference…
What would the difference be if I had never committed to Christianity to the degree that I did? It's a question that I often come back to and reflect on. I think it's important to distinguish the Christian undercurrents that affected the West's development over the last two thousand years and my own personal commitments … Continue reading A Difference…
Book Review: Heaven and Hell
I had heard a lot about Bart D. Ehrman before I picked this book up. As a Christian student at Bible College, here in the UK, I was advised very much against reading his work. It was said that because Mr Ehrman is an atheist, that this will have affected his judgement of the biblical … Continue reading Book Review: Heaven and Hell
Could God…
Before I had let go of my religious conviction, when I realised it wasn't rooted in anything tangible, I always thought that people knew, deep down, that God was literally real. Rather than being honestly uncertain about His existence, they rather wanted to live their own way and didn't want anything to do with Him. … Continue reading Could God…
Dragged into the fray
It's April 2020 as I write this. The UK has just been told we are about to enter into a further 3 weeks of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with an expectation that things will continue after that as well. Most people have found themselves with a little more time on their hands compared … Continue reading Dragged into the fray
Book Review: The Madness of Crowds
There is something poetically thrilling about Douglas Murray. His way of explaining a situation with its caveats and nuance is brilliant and he draws the reader along explaining the messages and concepts that he is tackling clearly as he hits them one at a time. I can only imagine the amount of reading, thought and … Continue reading Book Review: The Madness of Crowds
