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Bent on Deconstruction

4 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

We are a married Millennial couple, self-de(con)structing our Christian faith in real time on a podcast. Because we're too embarrassed to do it in therapy.

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Episodes

4 - To speak in the tongues of angels, or demons?

September 08, 2021 14:09 - 40 minutes - 37.8 MB

Benton shares the highs and lows of his college faith experience. The highs: Speaking in tongues. The lows: Being told it was demonic. Trying to learn the truth sent him into a depressive spiral. 

3 - Growing up in the church: Lutheran vs. Charismatic

August 18, 2021 14:37 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Annie and Benton compare their experiences growing up in very different churches: a traditional Lutheran church and a charismatic “Holy Spirit with no seat belt” church. Also, Chick tracts, demon-possessed jewelry, a Kirk Cameron poster, and what does Ratatouille have to do with the Holy Spirit?

2 - Redefining Doubt

August 04, 2021 15:41 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MB

We discuss what the words “doubt” and “certainty” meant to us as Fundamentalist Christians and how we’re now learning to welcome doubt, inspired by Brian McLaren’s book Faith after Doubt. We talk about fears of being smited (smitten?) for moving away from the fold, and beliefs we held onto that now make us cringe, like young earth Creationism.

1 - Are we even Christians anymore?

July 28, 2021 17:56 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

We started this podcast to be a space for us, two married ex-fundamentalists, to process our changing beliefs. Our local church has opened back up as the pandemic has eased, and we are faced with not just the question “Do we go back to church?” but also “Are we even Christian anymore?” Benton and Annie describe where they think the other is at in their deconstruction journey.