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(July 2023)

Hey, I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but in case you do—thank you!!! Your comments here helped change (and save) my life down the road.

Several years on from our previous interaction, I’m happy to report that I am fully free from the religious cult I was in, and my interaction with you here was one of many steps that helped me along the way.

Your words and explanation, and ESPECIALLY your patience and assumption of good intent on my end, really started to change my understanding of what “secular outsiders” could be like and helped me be open to learning the real facts about evolution when I finally took Biology from a real, qualified professor in college. Thanks for being a stepping stone that helped me out of the hell I was in back then. I doubt I’ll ever forget your patience and the time you took to explain this to me.

Hope you’re doing really well now too! 🙂

Hey, I don’t know if you’ll ever see this, but in case you do—thank you!!! Your comments here helped change (and save) my life down the road.

Several years on from our previous interaction, I’m happy to report that I am fully free from the religious cult I was in, and my interaction with you here was one of many steps that helped me along the way.

Your words and explanation, and ESPECIALLY your compassionate phrasing and assumption of good intent on my end, really started to change my understanding of what “secular outsiders” could be like and helped me be open to learning the real facts about evolution when I finally took biology from a real, qualified professor in college.

When I opened my textbook during our chapter on evolution and saw the extensive fossil record evidence cited, etc. etc., it validated what you said here and I finally accepted how wrong I’d been and how relieved I was to finally accept what was evidenced and made sense.

The vestigial structures, comparative anatomy, and convergent evolution facts I learned that module were some of the most interesting in the whole class. “Whales have leftover hip bones” was what did me in. Hit me like a lightning bolt with a moment so hard I couldn’t breathe. Then my brain went “Oh man, think how much you get to LEARN NOW” and that was the start of my long road through deconstructing and undoing a lot of brainwashing. It was a powerful moment I’m not going to forget.

Thanks for being a stepping stone that helped me out of the hell I was in back then.

Hope you’re doing really well now too! 🙂