A Godless Fundamentalist: Chapter Two – My Childhood ‘Conversions’

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Fundamentalism & Evangelicalism
A Godless Fundamentalist
John Ellis

My childhood “conversions” were a product of my environment and not the work of the Holy Spirit. My goal wasn’t to be dishonest; my goal was to survive. Unsaved kids in my immediate environment were unicorns.

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Bert Perry
Mon, 02/26/18 2:33 pm

Heavy pressure = false conversions. Every VBS volunteer needs to read this, as well as every itinerant evangelist.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

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Ron Bean
Mon, 02/26/18 2:44 pm

As a former Christian School Administrator I’ve lost count of the students who were sent to my office on disciplinary matters and told me that they “needed to get saved”–-a conditioned response from their environment. There was one, a Christian school graduate whom John may know, who was a great “repenter” and would tearfully confess his sins and Sunday walk the aisle of his church and enjoy the temporary absolution from consequences that came with his actions. He eventually “confessed” his way into a hard prison term.

"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan

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John E.
Mon, 02/26/18 2:52 pm

Some may have already picked up on this, but Mr. Bean and I know each other because he was my mom’s boss for a while. (and I referred to him as “Mr. Bean” in this comment out of deference to his past place of authority at my school)

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Rob Fall
Mon, 02/26/18 7:49 pm

you are not referring to Rowan Atkinson’s character.

[John E.]

Some may have already picked up on this, but Mr. Bean and I know each other because he was my mom’s boss for a while. (and I referred to him as “Mr. Bean” in this comment out of deference to his past place of authority at my school)

Hoping to shed more light than heat..