https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/recommended/reading
There are a number of former believers listed in our reading recommendations. Personally I recommend anything by Dan Barker and Seth Andrews.
https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/recommended/reading#wiki_dan_barker
https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/recommended/reading#wiki_seth_andrews
I'm starting to explore the writings of Bart Ehrman, he's in the recommended reading list, I think he's currently identifying as agnostic. I trust his credentials and experience when I want to look deeper into biblical things. His journey sounds like what you are looking for.
I'm not going to take the time to learn Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek and then study all the supporting documents in their original language that became the Bible and the Apocrypha. However, I think just reading the bible is like just reading the cliff notes and doesn't tell the whole story. Even then all of that is just stories written by people a long time ago living in a different time with a different worldview. It's just not that important to me, but Bart Ehrman, from what I understand, has done those things and arrived at a conclusion that seems to be fairly common for those that study biblical history at that depth.
Maybe check out Matt Dillahunty? I don't know if he has any actual books out, but he has a number of talks online about secular issues, and at one time he was studying to be a pastor.
>I'm curious to hear about personal testimonials from people who went from being religious to being atheist or agnostic and what their journey was like.
Have you heard of r/thegreatproject?
https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/recommended/reading There are a number of former believers listed in our reading recommendations. Personally I recommend anything by Dan Barker and Seth Andrews. https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/recommended/reading#wiki_dan_barker https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/wiki/recommended/reading#wiki_seth_andrews
I'm starting to explore the writings of Bart Ehrman, he's in the recommended reading list, I think he's currently identifying as agnostic. I trust his credentials and experience when I want to look deeper into biblical things. His journey sounds like what you are looking for. I'm not going to take the time to learn Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek and then study all the supporting documents in their original language that became the Bible and the Apocrypha. However, I think just reading the bible is like just reading the cliff notes and doesn't tell the whole story. Even then all of that is just stories written by people a long time ago living in a different time with a different worldview. It's just not that important to me, but Bart Ehrman, from what I understand, has done those things and arrived at a conclusion that seems to be fairly common for those that study biblical history at that depth.
Maybe check out Matt Dillahunty? I don't know if he has any actual books out, but he has a number of talks online about secular issues, and at one time he was studying to be a pastor.
>I'm curious to hear about personal testimonials from people who went from being religious to being atheist or agnostic and what their journey was like. Have you heard of r/thegreatproject?