I had a similar upbringing, but was also guided to go to a Christian University and it took me much longer than it should have to realize that what I was taught about Science and “Evolution” were lies, and how much of the evidence for Creation/Intelligent Design was dubious.
And yeah, with as beneficial as deprograming myself has been for my own personal growth, it’s not easy or fun - or how I expected to spend my 30s.
I hope it works for you and you find a good social network the way I was able to. The one silver lining I found is that now when I’m asked to believe something incredible I’m a lot more careful about finding out what is actually known. Even within academia what is promised or asserted is sometimes…speculative at best. I try to avoid being cynical, but still skeptical.
I had a similar upbringing, but was also guided to go to a Christian University and it took me much longer than it should have to realize that what I was taught about Science and “Evolution” were lies, and how much of the evidence for Creation/Intelligent Design was dubious.
And yeah, with as beneficial as deprograming myself has been for my own personal growth, it’s not easy or fun - or how I expected to spend my 30s.
I hope it works for you and you find a good social network the way I was able to. The one silver lining I found is that now when I’m asked to believe something incredible I’m a lot more careful about finding out what is actually known. Even within academia what is promised or asserted is sometimes…speculative at best. I try to avoid being cynical, but still skeptical.