Practical content on rebuilding identity, community, or purpose post-faith
Most religions insist on two foundational claims about God. God is everywhere.God knows everything. Not poetically. Not symbolically. Literally. God is omnipresent and omniscient. There is no corner of reality outside his awareness. No moment he does not witness. No act he does not see. Nothing escapes his attention. Taken seriously, this creates one of […]
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Why Islam and America Resist the Global Exit from Religion 1. Knowledge as the Great Dissolver Across much of the developed world, religion is not under attack, it is simply evaporating. The quiet revolution of information has dissolved the soil in which faith once grew. The more access people have to science, education, and open
The Last Bastions of Belief in the Age of Information Read Post »
Leaving religion is often described as losing something — faith, community, certainty, identity. For many, though, it feels less like loss and more like release. Life after religion is not the end of meaning; it is the beginning of ownership. It is the moment people stop living someone else’s story and start writing their own.
Life After Religion: Stories of Freedom, Doubt, and Discovery Read Post »
There is no neat ritual for leaving faith—no final hymn, no closing prayer. For many, the process is slow and internal. It happens in quiet moments of doubt, hushed thoughts before sleep, or the awkward silence that follows asking one question too many. Douglas Adams described the absence of belief not as a void, but
Leaving Faith, Finding Self: Life After Religion Read Post »
