I was an ordained Evangelical Minister for may years;

Why did I Embrace Natural Religion (Deism)?

Why did I come to see all organized religions with a

“holy” book as not only wrong, but fundamentally evil?

With a very sincere apology to anyone

I might disappoint or offend in any way,

I offer the following essays that represent a

lifetime of prayer, study, and meditation.

I seek to clarify two simple statements:

Why I Cannot Be a Fundamentalist Christian anymore.

And, Why I am a Deist.

If you lack the courage to have your thinking seriously challenged…

please leave this page now!

Important Instructions for Reading these Essays.

Do not believe a single word you read in any of these essays. For the most part, they were written by a fool who has been wrong in life far more than he has been right. (A few contain information or tables that are from the internet and the source is long forgotten.) However, read them carefully, critically, and completely, and see if you can find anything that might stir your own curiosity enough to further investigate the allegations made here and see for yourself if there is any truth here for you. After all, in every religion of the world, truth matters.

---Dan Hankins

What is a Christian Fundamentalist? What is Natural Religion? Why Fundamentalism is so dangerous. Two well-meaning paths that lead nowhere. Men with pens are apt to amend. Will the real Bible please raise your hand. Why the Old Testament makes me sick. A short history of hell. The books of the New Testament that Jesus wrote.

Paul and his Arabian dream. When did Jesus become a God? Five minutes after the crucifixion. Love and service to others is the seed of true religion. Why does any of this matter? Putting things into perspective. What I personally believe about life after death.