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Tue Oct 18, 2016, 03:21 PM Oct 2016

Teresa MacBain, the Pastor Who Became an Atheist, Has Found God Once Again

October 18, 2016
by Hemant Mehta

In March of 2012, for the first time in her life, Teresa MacBain told the assembled crowd at the American Atheists convention that she didn’t believe in God… and this is what happened:



I didn’t know anything at all about you (atheists). I had never seen your faces. You were just “those people.” And I was the one on the right track. And you were the ones that were gonna burn in hell… and I’m happy to say as I stand before you right now, I’m gonna burn with you!

Teresa joined the Clergy Project (for pastors who were questioning faith or had secretly become atheists) and later worked with a couple of different atheist organizations.
It was quite a run for an ex-pastor.

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It now appears she’s found God again.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/18/teresa-macbain-the-pastor-who-became-an-atheist-has-found-god-once-again/

http://www.teresamacbain.com/about/

http://clergyproject.org/teresa-macbain/
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Teresa MacBain, the Pastor Who Became an Atheist, Has Found God Once Again (Original Post) rug Oct 2016 OP
I'm a humanist. It's her choice. no_hypocrisy Oct 2016 #1
Interesting story - thanks for posting. nt jonno99 Oct 2016 #2
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