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From his Facebook post on 11/3/2026. Jim Palmer I have a public confession to make. I am an unbeliever. Let me explain. I am an unbeliever in a “God” who is a supernatural supreme being, separate and outside the universe and humankind. I am an unbeliever in a “God” shrouded in maleness, establishing the foundation […]
Continue ReadingExtracted from his email and post here. Leaving Christianity brought an unexpected freedom in my relationship with Jesus. I no longer had to defend every claim made about him, harmonize every account, or treat every question as a threat to my salvation. I was free to encounter what remained compelling without promising allegiance to the […]
Continue ReadingBy Jim Palmer – From his Facebook post on 11/1/2026. “If the hope of humankind depends on Jesus returning from the sky to straighten everything out, we have made a religion of postponing our responsibility. The hungry need food now. The persecuted need protection now. The earth needs our care now. None of them should […]
Continue Reading10/29/2026 – The italicized text below was extracted from Jim Palmer’s Substack post of Sept. 04, 2026 here. The post in PDF format is also in his directory in DropBox. All emphasis is mine. Communities preserve important figures by interpreting them. Memories become stories, stories become traditions, traditions become doctrines, and doctrines eventually become institutions. […]
Continue ReadingMore on Jesus My relationship with Jesus has changed considerably since my years as a pastor. These essays explore what remains—and what becomes possible—when we reconsider the relationship between the person, the stories, and the religion built around him. The above was reformatted into bullets by me and extracted from his post Fully Human. Terms […]
Continue ReadingJim Palmer, “AI content” posted to Facebook from his book at https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Anarchy-Dethroning-Jesus-Ourselves/dp/1503174484/ “Christianity royally messed up by putting Jesus on a pedestal and creating a religion in his name. By doing so, the Christian religion practically made Jesus into a freak – virgin birth, sinless humanity, God in the flesh, blood sacrifice for humankind’s sins, […]
Continue ReadingFrom the Tabor Circle by Keith P. Myers posted 9/3/2026. Keith said “Not AI. These are excerpts from the book itself that I have edited and arranged so that it makes a nice concise summary of the major topics.” This is rather long because it is my [Keith’s] summary of an entire book. I found […]
Continue Reading9/3/2026 – James Tabor @JamesTaborVideos, 87.4K subscribers, 522 videos. $4.99/mo Bart Ehrman’s Blog – $39.95/mo, Silver Annual Membership Biblical Studies Academy – Member since September 2024 Patreon, Ross K. Nichols, $54 per year ⸱ The Yachad I April 2023, Patreon, Dr. James D. Tabor Research, $10 per month ⸱ Associate Deconstructionology with Jim Palmer on SubStack – Plan $50 per year. […]
Continue Reading“Here is my creed: I believe in one God, creator of the universe. That he governs it by his providence. That he ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptable service we can render to him, is doing good to his other children. That the soul of man is immortal, and will be treated with […]
Continue ReadingThis post was extracted from his post: Your God Is More Human Than You Think Feuerbach and the Problem Hiding Inside Every Theology Jim Palmer . Aug 17, 2026 Preface The question of God has loomed large across much of my life and work, although my relationship to the question has changed considerably. There was […]
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