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An interesting tale of finding true enlightenment A story that is far too common presented with true heart Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism A quick easy read about the evangelical community and her journey out of it It examines the mindset and her struggle to get out of the community and the lasting impact it still has on her Good read and interesting read Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism quite interesting Reading about this author s transition from being an evangelical minister to eventually becoming an atheist I was engrossed in everything she had to say There is a lengthy appendix at the end of the book I was not engrossed by that although I recognize its value in supporting her ideas from the main text The ebook would be better if various grammatical errors were corrected Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism You might read the subtitle of this book and think it will be a sad book of someone s descent from Christianity to atheism That could not be farther from the truth While this book does describe the author s process from fundamentalist Christianity to atheism it is so full of hope for humanity if we would only pay attention to being the best humans we can be There is no God who will come and save us We must save ourselves While we do have so much capacity for evil we have even greater capacity for good Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism What a journey Cassie had to go through I m on the same road she saved for us Hopefully this book is as helpful to you as it was to me Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism 4. Black sheep poetry book 5 I genuinely enjoyed this insightful book With multiple degrees two of which are in the fields of psychology and sociology I have a great understanding and appreciation for this educational memoir Through education I fell in love with studying physical anthropology biology and astronomy As my appreciation increased my questions did as well Science is amazing and this bookrovides an in depth yet comprehensive lesson about our earth evolution and the human creation of fundamentalist religion I recommend this book to anyone with questions or simply an open mind Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism The story of how the author brainwashed Into evangelical Christianity from an early age slowly came to understand how almost everything she had been taught as true and infallible was actually a complete and utter load of tosh. Black sheep coeur d'alene She describes her journey clearly and sensitively and with a great deal of insight as to how so many apparently sensible and decent people can be convinced to reject copious scientific evidence in favour of the infallible word of a god and in the process approve and encourage atrocities in the name of this supposedly loving god As an ex evangelical Christian myself but unlike the author from the UK not the USA I understand only too well the fear of displeasing this cruel god by questioning the truth of his word or by preferring to believe in science rather than inconsistent and incorrect tosh And I understand the impossibility of discussing the scientific evidence and biblical contradictions with the followers of this god and the hurt caused by being disowned and despised by those who once loved you because you no longer believe the tosh they still believe and are daring to question it Thankfully in the UK most evangelicals are less extreme and rather gracious in their behaviour towards us backsliders At least we can take comfort in the fact that while many of them are still praying to their imaginary friend for us to return to the fold there isn t a snowflake s chance in hell that their prayers will be any effective than any other prayers to their imaginary friend The earth will keep circling the sun until it doesn t we ll keep playing our teeny tiny part in this magnificent universe we live in with all its wonders until we don t and the molecules in our bodies return to the universe from whence we came Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism Good readanyone who has left faith or is considering doing so should read this The author s experiences are quite relatable and can translate to other religions Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism Good for questioning Christians and former ChristiansI m a former Baptist and find books that promote Atheism or Agnosticism compatible with my understanding of life when they come from an ExChristian Ms Fox describes Biblically and scientifically why Christianity is false and why she became an Atheist Parenthetically found it interesting that she skipped the Agnostic stage that many of us Exchristians experience This book has appendices that describe some of the science underlying Ms Fox s abandonment of faith Overall I enjoyed this book The only thing I might have added if I had been the author would be additional Biblical reasons for unbelief As Isaac Asimov said The Bible properly read is one of the leading reasons to be an Atheist Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism My lower rating is not meant as a mark against this it is just that this book was not meant for me As someone with post grad training in Anthropology Evolutionary Biology and as someone who has read extensively in biblical religious history criticism and atheist philosophy this book is a bit too simplistic for me However I believe Cassie MEANT for it to be simple and basic it is intended for those who are stuck in the evangelical pentecostal bible thumping world but who may be wondering if there is something else out there that would allow them to use their brains For such this could be a perfect first read to get the critical juices flowing Cassie is very honest when it comes to sharing her experiences including the born againer prejudices that she needed to get past before she could learn to think for herself I went through similar things stages and arrived in a near identical place so I appreciate where she is coming from Thanks Cassie for sharing I hope your message reaches those it is intended for Black Sheep My Journey from Evangelical Christianity to Atheism