My guest this week is Logan Thomas who blogs at Beyond Belief. Logan interned at St. Andrews, a famous church in the UK. He went on to Bible college and eventually perused a Master’s degree in theology where he studied biblical studies, biblical languages, history and textual criticism where he began to question.
After discovering his sexuality, Logan came out during his internship at St. Andrews. He discusses coming out twice. He started with a more progressive view on homosexuality. But between the Church’s stances and the biblical texts, he realized these things could not be reconciled. We discuss the differences between UK and US churches handling of the LGBTQ community.
Logan cares about the truth. As he was deconstructing what he believed about the bible based on what he was being taught at Bible college he came to a point where he could no longer believe. Logan tells his story with a great deal of honesty and self-reflection on his former faith.
Now Logan has a social media presence where he blogs and creates videos asking questions about faith and doubt.
Links Beyond Belief Blog
https://www.beyondbelief-blog.com/
https://twitter.com/itsbeyondbelief
https://www.instagram.com/its_beyondbelief/
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw-jiLmRFSpxKuSldp7bzEQ/
Interact Full Show Notes
https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/logan-beyond-belief/
Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/
Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/
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