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PsiCop · 04-13-2008, 06:34 PM

Upon signing up, I was asked to post an introduction, so I will. To preserve everyone's sanity, I'll keep it short.

I was raised Catholic, became a fundamentalist Christian in college, eventually fell out of that and, over time, became an Agnostic.

My degree is in medieval history, with a special study of the scholastics. Also the history of early Christianity has been a particular interest of mine, despite the fact that I'm no longer a "believer." In hindsight I attribute my current lack of belief in Christianity with my studies; reading the canonical and non-canonical early Christian texts in their original languages revealed aspects of Christianity which are not obvious in translation. Moreover, I found that the historical record has been trampled and undermined by subsequent Christianity, so that there are a great many things about early Christianity which we no longer have any chance to know with certainty.

All right, I promised to keep it short ... so that's it, for now!

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PsiCop Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 67	I Was Asked, So Here You Go! Upon signing up, I was asked to post an introduction, so I will. To preserve everyone's sanity, I'll keep it short. I was raised Catholic, became a fundamentalist Christian in college, eventually fell out of that and, over time, became an Agnostic. My degree is in medieval history, with a special study of the scholastics. Also the history of early Christianity has been a particular interest of mine, despite the fact that I'm no longer a "believer." In hindsight I attribute my current lack of belief in Christianity with my studies; reading the canonical and non-canonical early Christian texts in their original languages revealed aspects of Christianity which are not obvious in translation. Moreover, I found that the historical record has been trampled and undermined by subsequent Christianity, so that there are a great many things about early Christianity which we no longer have any chance to know with certainty. All right, I promised to keep it short ... so that's it, for now!