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January 2025

January 17, 2025

Amipotence: The Ghost Buster of Harmful Doctrines

The concept of “amipotence” helps debunk problematic doctrines of evangelical Christianity, e.g., hell, atonement, inerrancy,...

September 2024

September 06, 2024

Why Follow Jesus (Christianity Optional)

Makes the case to follow Jesus whether one is inside or outside Christianity. It's a...

April 2024

April 25, 2024

9 Lies Faith Deconstruction Critics Tell

Learn why these statements are false and the case for evangelical faith deconstruction to rebuild...

April 13, 2024

Peacemaking in the Early Jesus Movement

Read how ancient Jewish and Roman culture justified violence in the cause of peace. Yet...

February 2024

February 26, 2024

Review: The Deconstruction of Christianity ~Childers-Barnett

Michael Camp reviews the book by Childers and Barnett entitled The Deconstruction of Christianity. Is...

January 2024

January 12, 2024

10 Serious Problems with an Omnipotent God -Part 2

Names 10 problems with the belief in an all-powerful, omnipotent, loving God and describes numbers...

January 02, 2024

10 Serious Problems with an Omnipotent God -Part 1

Names 10 problems with the belief in an all-powerful, omnipotent, loving God and describes the...

October 2023

October 05, 2023

5 Ways Healthy Spirituality Improves Mental Health

Does religious faith improve one's mental health? That depends. A healthy spirituality certainly does and...

September 2023

September 21, 2023

How the New Testament Was Compiled

Learn how the New Testament emerged and was compiled over centuries until it was canonized...

September 04, 2023

10 Facts that Disentangle Jesus from Christianity and the Church

With a few exceptions, modern Christian churches have tangled Jesus up in a huge wad...

August 2023

August 18, 2023

How Faith Deconstruction Workshops Can Help You Reclaim More Historical and Beautiful Beliefs

Faith deconstruction workshops for those leaving evangelicalism teach why certain beliefs are harmful, forgotten historical

August 06, 2023

Trump, DeSantis, and Retribution in Our Theology and Political Discourse

This post exposes recent incendiary political discourse as part of America's retributive theology and culture....

July 2023

July 04, 2023

Is It Time to Take Faith Deconstruction to the Next Level?

The book "Breaking Bad Faith" takes faith deconstruction to a whole new level. This summary...

June 2023

June 30, 2023

The Myth of Redemptive Violence

In this excerpt from "Breaking Bad Faith," Michael Camp explains what redemptive violence is, where...

June 26, 2023

How an Exvangelical Conference Helped Me Grow Spiritually

Quoir’s exvangelical AWAKEN conference in June 2023 had a profound impact on me. Learn how...

June 20, 2023

Exposing Toxic Faith in Evangelical Theology

In Michael Camp's new book, "Breaking Bad Faith," he exposes toxic or "bad faith" in...

June 15, 2023

New Book Exposes Violence in Popular Theology, Look for it July 4th

On July 4, 2023, I am launching my newest book, Breaking Bad Faith, on Amazon....

June 02, 2023

5 Keys to Recover from the Toxic Theology of Evangelicalism

Much of evangelicalism has embraced a toxic theology. Here are 5 keys to help people...

May 2023

May 24, 2023

No, Jesus & His Followers Didn’t Believe In Bible Inerrancy

People assume Jesus viewed the Old Testament the exact same way that conservative Christians view...

May 12, 2023

The Myth of the Retributive God

The retributive god in parts of the Bible is a myth. God desires restorative justice,...

May 05, 2023

The Early Church Did Not Go to Church

How the early church did not go to church, but did build egalitarian, compassionate communities....

April 2023

April 21, 2023

The Case for Reconstructing Faith While on the Path of Jesus

The historical case for reconstructing faith while still on the path of Jesus. The magnanimous...

April 14, 2023

Top 10 Reasons for Thoroughly Deconstructing Evangelicalism

This article explains the top 10 reasons for deconstructing evangelicalism that also corresponds to the...

April 11, 2023

5 Facts About the Original Jesus Movement that Debunk the Origins of Christianity

Neither Jesus, Paul, nor Peter started a new religion called Christianity. Learn 5 historical facts...

April 07, 2023

21 Key Historical Questions that Should Drive Your Faith Shift

It's critical to go deep when deconstructing conservative Christianity. In this article, Michael Camp shares...

April 04, 2023

Why I Left Evangelicalism for Universal Love

Michael Camp describes his experience going through a profound faith shift from a naïve teenager...

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