Letters from Paul

November 9, 2010

Leaving the Faith

I began this blog because for several years I dialogued with atheists and I heard their views.  I listened to what they said, and frankly, it seemed quite unsettling.  They made some pretty harsh claims about God, the very God that I worshipped.  They were saying things about the God that had sent his Son to die for my sins and the very God who is merciful, full of grace, loving, righteous and just.  I will admit, I was not ready for all of the attacks, but I simply could not bring myself to believe that my parents had taught me wrong.  They have always loved and cared for me.  Why would they have lied to me?  I could not believe that Pastor Dan Gardner, my pastor at Brookwood Baptist, had hidden truth from me.  That just didn’t seem like the kind of thing that he would do.  That was not the type of man he was.  I thought about my youth minister, Donnie Lee, and all the memories from camps and mission trips.  Had he simply not told me all of the truth concerning the Bible? continue reading more…