Monday, January 14, 2013

Jumping On Cassettes

I found a nice surprise when I logged into my Blogger account today. Jonny Scaramanga of the popular blog Leaving Fundamentalism, published a guest post today that I sent to him several weeks ago.

His blog is a great resource for understanding the mindset of fundamentalism. He grew up in the church of world famous "Word of Faith" minister Jesse Duplantis, and even played guitar in the church's worship band.

His blog tells the story of growing up fundamentalist, and mostly focuses on the private school that he grew up in, which used the atrocious A.C.E curriculum. My guest post there is about my personal experience with the same curriculum, first in a private school that was a part of a cult called the Independent Fundamental Baptist denomination, then as a home school kid.

I know, it's more of my endless depressing drivel ;)

I had originally titled the post "Jumping on Cassettes", but apparently I forgot to include that title in my submission, that title was based off of a bizarre experience with the pastor who ran the private school where I attended from kindergarten to the 5th grade.

He titled it Putting the Fundamental In Fundamentalist   check it out on his blog, let me know what you think, and keep reading on his blog, it's a site I highly recommend.

7 comments:

  1. I would absolutely not call what you are doing "endless drivel". Every time you write a piece like, there is another opportunity that someone who needs to hear it will be exposed to it.

    I was fortunate in that I did not come from an evangelical Christian background like you did. I have to think that leaving that life behind is much more difficult than my leaving Catholicism. The more you, and people like you, write about your journeys the better!

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    1. It was self deprecating humor. ;)

      Sometimes, just writing about my past can be depressing, and I wonder just how depressing it can be for my readers.

      I do agree, it's necessary, and more people need to know.
      I've found that there is a big disconnect between atheists/skeptics that haven't had a fundamentalist background, and those who have, they have a hard time understanding what that is like, and I hope these posts can enlighten people about this issue.

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    2. I am sure that they do just that bud! Keep up the good work!

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  2. I am a recovering fundamentalists with a homeschool background, and look forward to reading your blog.

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    1. I'm glad to say that I have read your blog before, and I do enjoy it, thanks for stopping by.

      Are you still a Christian?

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  3. Thanks for writing a guest post for me Sheldon. If you ever have an idea for another guest post, get in touch.

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    1. I sure will, I'm glad that you gave me this great opportunity.

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