Love is the most excellent way

Recently I posted something I wrote, Spirituality and Everyday Life on Jason Clark’s blog. One of the commenters asked me to define “almost an atheist” . I’m posting their comment and my response because it turned out to be one of my more concise attempts to explain what I mean by “almost an atheist”.
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In November I gave a 25-30 minute talk at Off The Map’s annual conference, in a workshop called “Almost an Atheist”. I’ve written about how it went below, including a detailed summary of what I said in the talk.
I originally posted the following write-up on Conversation at the Edge. (There are some comments on [...]

This was published in the Wednesday Journal, July 5, 2006. It led to some interesting dialog in subsequent issues. You can find links to that on this Conversation at the Edge page.
I used to love going to church. I was there every Sunday, ready to worship God with my Christian friends and learn more about [...]

This is the new, improved, short account of my spiritual experience over the last 21 years.
I became a Christian in a fairly ‘typical’ way at the age of 20. My curiosity was aroused by some Christians I met at college whose involvement in all things Christian was very evident. After talking with them and some [...]

I was guest blogger for the Off The Map eBay Atheist blog April 25-27. I posted this piece of writing as one of my blog entries. If you follow the link you can read how people responded to it.
Two days ago I ran into a friend and was telling her how Off-The-Map wants to help [...]

This is a ‘work-in-progress’; it is my attempt to share some of the experiences and thought processes which have taken me away from being a committed, Bible-believing Christian. I became a Christian in 1984. I began to have serious doubts around 2001 which eventually led me to withdraw from my involvement in church and Bible [...]