
Neil Carter
Neil Carter is a high school teacher, a father of four, and a skeptic living in the Bible Belt. A former church elder with a seminary education, Neil now writes mostly about the struggles of former evangelicals living in the midst of a highly religious subculture. Follow him @godlessindixie

Rhett sings himself ‘Overboard’ and out of his faith
Reading Time: 9 minutes
Rhett McLaughlin of ‘Good Mythical Morning’ put down his cross and…

When your faith is so heavenly minded, it’s no earthly good
Reading Time: 7 minutes OnlySky · When your faith is so heavenly-minded it’s no earthly good | Neil Carter Growing up…


Our biggest mistake: We did as we were told
Reading Time: 7 minutes OnlySky · Our biggest mistake: We did as we were told | Neil Carter Those of us…


The two main reasons I left my faith
Reading Time: 5 minutes OnlySky · The two main reasons I left my faith | Neil Carter For us ex-evangelicals, the…


Why I broke up with Jesus
Reading Time: 3 minutes OnlySky · Why I broke up with Jesus | Neil Carter It’s been more than a decade…


I belong to me: Learning agency and consent after Christianity
Reading Time: 8 minutes OnlySky · I belong to me | Dani Ward Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the…


How Christianity is like Bitcoin
Reading Time: 4 minutes OnlySky · How Christianity is like Bitcoin | Neil Carter RIP my inbox, I know. But hear…


Pat Robertson, the apocalypse, and why Christians are obsessed with Israel
Reading Time: 5 minutes Unable to watch another global conflict unfold without making it about his own team, televangelist and former…


Evangelical Christians: Your God has boundary issues
Reading Time: 7 minutes I know it’s customary to blame Christianity’s problems on the bad apples that spoil the bunch, but…


There’s nothing sexy about deconstruction
Reading Time: 8 minutes
A pastor recently said people are leaving their faith because it’s sexy. But if approval had really…

FOLLOW NEIL CARTER