My guest this week is Erin. Erin is working toward her chaplaincy and her Master's degree in Practical Theology. She describes herself as “religious, but not spiritual.” Erin grew up in Northern Ireland. She was raised to respect all people. But when she was accepted by an Evangelical Presbyterian church she became in her words “the worst kind of fundamentalist.” This included deriding Catholics. At University she excelled and found herself attracted to more liberal theologies. She says she went from Evangelical to an Open Theist to a functional atheist (agnostic). Erin also happens to be on the Autism spectrum. This had an impact on her inability to accept things on faith. She needed logical consistency. But Erin still finds value in the Christian tradition. She plans to do good in the world as a chaplain. Links and recommendations Doubts and Loves by Richard Holloway https://www.amazon.com/Doubts-Loves-What-Christianity-Canons/dp/1786893924/ Autism Faith Network https://autismfaithnetwork.com Autism Pastor https://autismpastor.com/ Interact Full Show Notes https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2021/01/17/erin-religious-but-not-spiritual/Deconversion https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/Humanist Podcast https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/podcast/Secular Grace https://gracefulatheist.wordpress.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/ Rate and Review the Graceful Atheist Podcast Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/graceful-atheist-podcast-1136736 Make audio snippet quotes of the podcast Vurbl: https://vurbl.com/station/4hdO0KfiVRV/ Attribution "Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Makaih_Beats  Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/