f2PointEight
Creative Studio
Category: Religion and Faith
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No, I’m not afraid of Hell
One of the most interesting conversations I had after leaving Christianity took place not in anger, or debate, but in grief. I had named my departure publicly in a Facebook post accompanied by an essay I titled, And Thus Man Created God in His Image. It was not written to provoke, but to tell the…
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God’s Lesson Book of Love
This essay is best read alongside “What Belief Owed Love” which reflects on the ethical questions that shaped it. There is a theme to the Bible that many Christians tend to take for granted, a theme so great that its unfolding drama becomes the lens through which every chapter can be read. In the opening…
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What Belief Owed Love
I once believed faith required certainty to survive. I am learning that honesty sustains it far better. I recently found something I wrote almost twenty years ago. It is long, confident, and entirely sure of where history is headed. It speaks of cosmic wars, divine law, heavenly sanctuaries, and a God steadily revealing truth through…
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When Sin Stops Being Ours
Sin is a word that carries weight in us, even when we struggle to say what it means. It arrives already freighted with warning, judgment, and the quiet implication that someone, somewhere, is standing just outside the circle. Even for those who no longer hold the beliefs that once gave the word its authority, it…
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More Than You Can Bear
Content Note: This essay discusses mental illness, suicidal ideation, and death. Please read with care. I’m Here… For Now “Do you have thoughts about harming yourself, or ending your life?” Her question cut directly to the reason I was there. Shifting in my chair, I searched for words precise enough to answer without exposing too…
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Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Christianity depends on women’s bodies while disciplining them. From Eve to Mary, blood, birth, and blame shape the faith’s imagination. This essay traces how patriarchy became theology, and why any honest deconstruction must reckon with the women who carry the cost.
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The Body That Forgot Itself
A reflection on how modern Christianity’s fixation on private salvation has hollowed its moral life, leaving communities unaccountable for collective harm. This blog post challenges the church to rediscover corporate responsibility, remember the people it wounds, and reclaim a faith capable of honesty, repair, and genuine belonging.
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Eden Revisited: A Conversation With My Former Faith
I offer this piece in two voices: the one I had fifteen years ago, and the one I carry now. The first half is taken from a blog post I wrote as a believer, convinced of Eden’s historic value, the Sabbath, and the outward-moving love of God. I have left these words mostly untouched, because…
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Between Faith and Evidence
Misused History and Manufactured Certainty I recently read an essay called The Truth Will Set You Free. It was written as a sincere critique of Christian participation in practices the author deemed impure. It spoke of divine names, corrupted traditions, and a call to return to a faith untainted by history or human hands. But…
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A Pleasing Aroma: God, Blood and The Fragrance of Sacrifice
Tracing ritual sacrifice, blood and smoke from Canaanite altars to the cross. This essay argues that temple ritual, human sacrifice and communion all arise from the same shared ancient grammar of sacred, violent devotion.
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