My heart cannot ACCEPT what my mind REJECTS Dan Barker

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Today I spoke with Dan Barker, who grew up in a Christian home, got very involved in missions, and became a pastor for many years, but ultimately deconverted as the truth claims of Christianity fell apart. • We touched on many topics, including: • • Growing up feeling meaning and purpose through god and the Gospel. • • Feeling comfort and pride as he thought he was growing up growing up in the right religion and denomination with the right interpretation of the Bible. • • At age 15, accepting a call to ministry, leading to him focus on evangelism, missions, itinerant preaching and singing, and being a pastor. • • Realizing that there are many kinds of Christians with many divergent interpretations of the Bible, including the idea that some characters may have been allegorical. • • Needing to make the active choice to reject the path of fear and to choose the path of open inquiry and integrity. • • Realizing, as part of the deconversion process, that we are grieving the loss of things that we never actually had, like an afterlife and a heavenly father. • • Learning to radically change our perspective through the process of contraduction. • • The importance of being involved in political and social change to help our country and world move past mythology-based worldviews and to support the separation of church and state. • Many thanks to Dan for sharing his story and for all he has been doing for the community for many years! • _________________________________________ • • The video of when Dan and Annie met on Oprah: • • Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Me... • Dan's Amazon page: • https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/... • Freedom From Religion Foundation • https://ffrf.org/ • FFRF's YouTube channel: • / @ffrforg • The Clergy Project • https://clergyproject.org/ • Godless Gospel YouTube videos • / @ffrforg • The Freethought Caucus • https://huffman.house.gov/freethought... • • _________________________________________ • • Check out the other projects I'm working on and find other ways to connect with me: • https://linktr.ee/harmonicatheist • Tim may be reached on FB (preferred) at: harmonictim • Or by email at: [email protected] • • _________________________________________ • • Your support for my channel, Harmonic Atheist, is needed and appreciated! • One time • PayPal: paypal.me/harmonictim • Venmo: @harmonicatheist • Zelle email: [email protected] • GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tim-s... • Monthly • / harmonicatheist • Thanks! • --Tim • • _________________________________________ • • Ending music by Kazuya / Eyal Raz, Friends • https://artlist.io/royalty-free-music... • • Friends • • _________________________________________ • • If you are facing emotional distress, please call 911 or the National Suicide Hotline • 1-800-273-8255.

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