

#131 Help! I’m on the brink of atheism... Deconstruction and suffering
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#131 Help! I’m on the brink of atheism... Deconstruction and suffering
August 18, 2022

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Tom offers advice to two people struggling with their faith. One is having doubts during a period of deconstruction, the other can't get past the problem of suffering.
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