The morning I moved out, I texted my research professor who was helping me leave that my parents weren’t letting me take the heirloom violin, but left me an old laundry basket, a case of canned green beans, and a pot they didn’t like. She replied, “That sounds like Harry’s birthday presents from the Dursleys.”ContinueContinue reading “Why my parents aren’t villains”
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Why do you say you left fundamentalism?
A van with the Bob Jones University logo in the parking lot of Grace Bible Church in Colorado Springs, spring 2013 | Photo: Eleanor Skelton The biggest question that surfaced during the series on why I left fundamentalist Christianity was: “What do you mean when you say you left fundamentalism?” I’m mostly referring to theContinueContinue reading “Why do you say you left fundamentalism?”
#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 4
Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from part 3 Can You meet me in my room?A place where I feel safeWhere I don’t have to run awayWhere I can just be me. – TFK, In My Room I was like a kid on an adventure the first night in the new apartment. The second or third night, IContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 4”
#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 3
Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from Part 2 That’s why I hide here in the darkSo no one has to see my pain…But can You bring the keys to my heartAnd help me find the way? – TFK, In My Room My growing independence unsettled my parents. The fear crept in subtly. I buried myselfContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 3”
#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 2
Source: invisigoth88, Deviant Art. Continued from Part 1 They make me feel so empty Their words, they cut like knives You tell me to forgive them, But I’m not sure I’ll survive… – TFK, In My Room “The way you talk about English, you really don’t seem like a dentist to me. You talk aboutContinueContinue reading “#WhyILeft Fundamentalism, Part 2”
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