Who I Am: An Ex-Fundamentalist

When I was a child, I believed in God. A vengeful, controlling, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, frightening God.

When I was a child, I believed the Bible was God's literal word, recorded by man but divine and perfect, and as such, it was to be interpreted prescriptively rather than descriptively.

When I was a child, I believed in Satan. A real, cunning, hidden-amongst-us kind of Satan who was constantly tempting believers, particularly the weaker of us, such as women and children.