Today we’re chatting with Craig! In today’s episode, Craig shares his memories of his time in Christadelphia over forty years ago. Craig joined his local ecclesia as an adolescent and enjoyed the community, the studious environment, and spending time with Christadelphian families. He quickly became baptized, started preaching at his ecclesia, and traveling to other ecclesias in Australia. But over time, he noticed more and more issues that didn’t sit right with him. Things escalated when a “Brother” Craig had confided in after a difficult Bible class betrayed his confidence and gossiped about his private feelings with his Christadelphian family. After this betrayal, Craig made the difficult decision to submit his resignation and finally start to think clearly for himself now that he took some space from the Christadelphian community. Craig shares a lot of fascinating stories and tidbits of Christadelphian history in this episode and touches on the Christadelphian’s opposition to the LGBTQ+ community in Australia, doctrinal debates causing splits, and even plagiarism in the Christadelphian community. Please join us for yet another episode of fellowship among the heathens!

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References:

Titanic (1997 Movie)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972 Movie)

The Temple of Ezekiel's Prophecy by Henry Sulley (Full Book)

Harry Whittaker

Iridology

Racism in the Christadelphians and “The Black Pope” Theory

Ellicot’s Commentary on Revelation

The Protestors by Alan Eyre

The Good Life with Felicity Kendal

Visions of Glory: A History and a Memory of Jehovah's Witnesses by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Leaving the Fold by Marlene Winell

When Religion Hurts You by Laura Anderson

Please note, there are some concerns about Laura Anderson’s behavior which you can read more about here: Licensing Agency find Religious Trauma Coach in Violation of Code of Ethics

Or listen to this podcast

Podcasts Bart Ehrman and Dan McClellan

Ex-christadelphians.com

Gospel of John a Commentary by Craig Fairweather

Olton History

Current Value of 21 St Bernards Rd in Olton

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