good sources for correcting my indoctrination

[B-Ray]

i was wondering of any good websites where i might find some good drinking water instead of the Kool-Aide ive been drinking. Ive already explored tithing and come up with a great balance on the subject. Im thirsty for more!

[elizabethn]

I suggest looking into United Methodist materials. You can start at http://www.umc.org .

[captain_solo]

Its all kool aid at some point.

You probably should just start with reading the Bible. That corrected many a flaw in my thinking. (BTW, thats what its for...)
Just the stuff that is obvious and easy to understand will be pretty mind bending if you have been immersed in fundamentalism as it exists today for any length of time

[Bob M]

I suggest a book. Extreme Righteousness by Tom Hovestol. Best book I read that helped me see my errors.

Extreme Righteousness

[Darren]

(05-20-2012 12:28 PM)Bob M Wrote:  I suggest a book. Extreme Righteousness by Tom Hovestol. Best book I read that helped me see my errors.

Extreme Righteousness

I second that recommendation.

That cover is different from my copy. Must be a second or third printing. Good thing, because that book deserves many printings.

We had a discussion about this very topic a few months ago on the main blog.

[elizabethn]

Books: "Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism" by John Shelby Spong. "Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity" by Bruce Bawer. "Reading the Bible Again for the First Time" by Marcus J. Borg.

[FmrMarine]

godisimaginary.com There is a lot of material there and it will take some time to get through it, but it is good stuff.

[pastor's wife]

There are lots of people on this site. Some are still so conservative that others would still call us fundamentalists (although we're not because we reject the things most fundies hold most dear and the fundies themselves have separated from us). Others are in various forms of evangelical Christianity or mainline denominations. Others are no longer believers, some agnostic and some atheist. (Perhaps some have turned to other religions too though I don't recall.)

You'll get advice from lots of different directions.

It was reading God's Word most that influenced my husband to step away from the IFB.

[bean]

(05-20-2012 05:05 PM)elizabethn Wrote:  Books: "Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism" by John Shelby Spong. "Stealing Jesus: How Fundamentalism Betrays Christianity" by Bruce Bawer. "Reading the Bible Again for the First Time" by Marcus J. Borg.

absolutely LOVED stealing Jesus....am working on rescuing the Bible right now....

[co_heir]

Any of N.T. Wright's books. Some of them are more scholarly, while others are written for a general audience. Simply Jesus, How God Became King, and Surprised By Hope are good. The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard, Soul Survivor, What's So Amazing About Grace, and The Jesus I Never Knew by Phillip Yancey, and Mere Churchianity by Michael Spencer are also good reads. Scandalous Freedom and Three Free Sins by Steve Brown will help a lot.