Question it. Pull it apart. Write down what remains.

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What I mean when I call it indoctrination

Teaching a child something is not automatically indoctrination. The difference, to me, is whether questioning is welcomed—or whether certainty is taught before the child has the tools to evaluate the claim.

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Faith isn’t evidence — and that changed how I looked at belief

I stopped asking whether I could make a belief feel true and started asking what evidence would distinguish one religious claim from thousands of competing ones.

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You don’t need a deity to believe you can get through hard things

Losing belief did not mean losing resilience, meaning, hope, or the ability to face difficult seasons. Those things can come from us and from the people around us.