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Apologist lists 3 common reasons Christians 'deconstruct' their faith

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An apologist recently shared three common reasons why some Christians deconstruct their faith: intellectual issues, disagreement with doctrine, and emotionally negative experiences with Christianity and Christians.      Apologist, author, and speaker Brett Kunkle joined Pastor Jason Jimenez for an episode of the "Challenging Conversations" podcast posted earlier this month. They tackled the issue of deconstruction, a term used to describe Christians who question their faith.  Kunkle, the founder and president of the MAVEN movement to equip the next generation to pursue goodness and truth, said that deconstruction is based on postmodern philosophy, which argues that people cannot understand a text due to various intellectual or cultural biases.  He believes that some Christians have taken the postmodern idea of deconstructing and used it more "to tear something down," like one's own beliefs than to rebuild.  There are "a myriad of reasons" why people ...

The State of Theology - Infographic from Ligonier Ministries

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