051 Leah Nitcher: Fundamentalist to Atheist-Back & Forth. Mental Health Battle (she's a fighter). Giving God an Ultimatum.
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Raised fundamentalist, Leah is intensely aware of the threat of hell & the rapture as a little girl. In high school she asks unwelcome questions & makes controversial statements in church. This leads to atheism. Although her theology becomes progressive, she finds herself sucked back into fundamentalism. Mental health struggles become dangerous. *Trigger warning re: abuse (emotional, physical, sexual) and suicide. Leah eventually turned a corner. Hearing about her experience was powerful and inspiring!
Today I speak with Tom Boulton from the U.K.
Tom's Christian faith grew in his teenage years amongst friends. His dad thought Tom was in a cult. Tom experienced intense anxiety at the thought of friends and family going to hell. His faith is all-consuming. He said that 18 year old Christian...
Published 07/17/22
Emily experienced several difficult relationships in her teen years. The boys/men she was with were often several years older than her and might described as manipulative and/or emotionally abusive in the way they treated her. When things went wrong, as she put it, she "went ham for God". During...
Published 02/22/22