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I’m Thinking About Returning to Christianity
Did the post title get your attention? Several days ago, as I pondered ways to generate income, I thought, I can’t be a porn actor or stripper, but maybe I could return to what I know — preaching and...
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Will the Pastor-Turned-Atheist Bruce Gerencser Go to Heaven When He Dies?
It never ceases to amaze me the places I find my story being cussed, discussed, diagnosed, and deconstructed. The latest discussion is currently going on at the Baptist Board: A Christ Centered...
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I Will be On The Corpsepaint Show, Christmas Day, 7:30 P.M. CST
I will be on The Corpsepaint Show Christmas Day, 7:30 P.M. CST (8:30 P.M. EST). You can listen to the show live via The Corpsepaint Show’s On Air LIVE stream. The program will also be available to...
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The Corpsepaint Show Interview of Bruce Gerencser
I recently had the privilege of appearing via Skype on The Corpsepaint Show. Hosted by Jay Gavit, The Corpsepaint Show primarily covers the heavy metal music scene, so I can easily understand them...
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Bruce, If You Don’t Believe in Jesus Anymore, Who Do You Think Called You...
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Buckeye Lake, Ohio, Bruce Gerencser’s ordination April 1983 I recently received the following email: I read your blog. Thanks for sharing. I have been an Evangelical Christian...
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Eight Years Later — Part One
On the last Sunday of November 2008, my wife and I attended a Christian worship service for the last time. Over the months prior to this, Polly and I spent numerous hours talking about what we...
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Bruce, Were You Spiritual or Religious?
Linda LaScola recently sent me several questions that she asked me to answer about my past use of the words spiritual and religious. My answers will appear at a later date on the Rational Doubt blog....
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Eight Years Later — Part Two
Bruce and Polly Gerencser, Summer 2015 On the last Sunday of November 2008, my wife and I attended a Christian worship service for the last time. This series details how things have changed for us...
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Bruce, I Am So Sorry Christians Hurt You
No matter how many posts I write about the reasons I left Christianity, I still get comments and emails from well-meaning Christians who think that the real reason I am not a Christian is that “bad”...
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Missing Out On Life When Jesus Owns You
Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. (1 Corinthians 7:23) Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I...
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Dear Frank, Is Bruce Backslidden or Was He Never Saved To Begin With?
Rick, 1996, Our Father’s House, West Unity, Ohio Late last night, I received a Facebook notification about approving something Rick, a friend of mine, wanted to post to my wall. Rick is a long-time...
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Why Are So Many Evangelical Preachers Arrogant and Full of Themselves? Part One
Why are so many Evangelical preachers arrogant and full of themselves? While it would be easy to answer this question simply by saying that these so called “men of God” are narcissistic Assholes for...
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Why Are So Many Evangelical Preachers Arrogant and Full of Themselves? Part Two
Read part One Why are so many Evangelical preachers arrogant and full of themselves? While it would be easy to answer this question simply by saying that these so-called “men of God” are narcissistic...
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Secular but not Superficial: An Overlooked Nonreligious/Nonspiritual Identity...
Having been an Evangelical pastor for twenty-five years and now a card-carrying member of Satan’s atheistic horde, I have gained a bit of notoriety that attracts people doing studies about clergymen...
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Christian Man Thinks I Turned From the Faith So I Could Commit Immorality
Email From the Peanut Gallery Several days ago, I received an email from a Christian man by the name of Tim Clark. Here’s a screen shot of Tim’s email: Tim could have found the answers to his...
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Eight Years Later — Part Three
Bruce and Polly Gerencser, in front of first apartment in Pontiac, Michigan, Fall 1978 with Polly’s Grandfather and Parents On the last Sunday of November 2008, my wife and I attended a Christian...
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Why Our Christians Friends Leave Us When We Deconvert
One thing being a part of a church does for us is give us a community through which we find meaning, purpose, and identity. I spent the first fifty years of my life in the Christian church. For many...
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Living With OCPD
I have battled Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) for most of my adult life. While OCPD and OCD have some similarities, there are differences, namely: People with OCD have insight,...
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Dear Pastor Russ Dean, Let Me Explain to You Why so Many Atheists Are Angry
Pastor Russ Dean and Family (and dog) Dear Pastor Dean, You recently wrote the following for Baptist News Global: For a couple years I’ve been having an intellectual battle with atheists. Not all of...
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Did My Philosophy of Ministry Change Over the Years I Spent in the Ministry?
Bruce and Polly Gerencser, May 1978 My editor recently asked me a question about how my philosophy of ministry had changed from when I first began preaching in 1976 until I left the ministry in 2005....
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