Something Other than God

Posted on 07 May 2017 by Jennifer Fulwiler

Jennifer Fulwiler told herself she was happy Why wouldn t she be She made good money as a programmer at a hot tech start up, had just married a guy with a stack of Ivy League degrees, and lived in a twenty first floor condo where she could sip sauvignon blanc while watching the sun set behind the hills of Austin Raised in a happy, atheist home, Jennifer had the freedom to think for herself and play by her own rules Yet a creeping darkness followed her all of her life Finally, one winter night, it drove her to the edge of her balcony, making her ask once and for all why anything mattered At that moment everything she knew and believed was shattered Asking the unflinching questions about life and death, good and evil, led Jennifer to Christianity, the religion she had reviled since she was an awkward, sceptical child growing up in the Bible Belt Mortified by this turn of events, she hid her quest from everyone except her husband, concealing religious books in opaque bags as if they were porn and locking herself in public bathroom stalls to read the Bible Just when Jennifer had a profound epiphany that gave her the courage to convert, she was diagnosed with a life threatening medical condition and the only treatment was directly at odds with the doctrines of her new found faith Something Other Than God is a poignant, profound and often funny tale of one woman who set out to find the meaning of life and discovered that true happiness sometimes requires losing it all. Download Something Other than God author Jennifer Fulwiler – kino-fada.fr SHORT VERSION I can think of an awful lot of people who I d give this book to Christians trying to understand atheists like a pal of mine who said, I just don t know how those people don t believe in God I almost shoved my copy into her hands Almost Atheists trying to understand Christians.Protestants trying to understand Catholic teachings.Catholics trying to understand Churc...While I was very moved by Ms Fulwiler s story, and often found myself evaluating my own faith while reading raised Catholic all my life, but in a very liberal church community , I was occasionally distraught by the author s logical leaps along the way She starts her journey with a strong desire to use reason as her guide, and ends up abandoning that reason whenever it suits her I was particularly struck by the fact that she only seemed to look at a few very extreme and violent court cases While I was very moved by Ms Fulwiler s story, and often found myself evaluating my own faith while reading raised Catholic all my life, but in a very liberal church community , I was occasionally distraught by the author s logical leaps along the way She starts her journey with a strong desire to use reason as her guide, and ends up abandoning that reason whenever it suits her I was particularly struck by the fact that she only seemed to look at a few very extreme and violent court cases when she was investigating the morality of abortion, and at her assumption that correlation equals causation when she realized that divorce rates in ...Some people have amazing life stories, but no skills in conveying that story to others Some people have great storytelling skills, but no fascinating stories of their own to tell Fulwiler has that wonderful gift of being able to not only tell her own very interesting story in an engaging way, but also to convey the humor in themundane moments in everyday life that typically fall into that guess you just had to be there category for the rest of us I found myself chuckling at quite a fe Some people have amazing life stories, but no skills in conveying that story to others Some people have great storytelling skills, but no fascinating stories of their own to tell Fulwiler has that wonderful gift of being able to not only tell her own very interesting story in an engaging way, but also to convey the humor in themundane moments in everyday life that typically fall into that guess you just had to be there category for the rest of us I found myself chuckling at quite a few of h...There has been much chatter about Something Other Than God so I caved and purchased a copy Having never read her blog I wasn t sure what to expect from her book It came across as a bit of spoiled girl whining giving up all the first class travel, moving out of the luxury condo, and in with her mother while her husband gets his law firm off the ground and immediately turned me off so know, this book and I started off on the wrong f...This is sort of the perfect conversion story, because Jennifer shows the messy underpinnings of it She comes to belief slowly, almost dragged into it by her husband, but then she realizes wait Jesus Christ is REAL Once this is realized, it leads her to a Catholic church, while at the same time, she s being told she has to use contraception in order to prevent life threatening pregnancy complications Jennifer s story is real, and that s what I like the best about it It s not a neat little This is sort of the perfect conversion story, because Jennifer shows the messy underpinnings of it She comes to belief slowly, almost dragged into it by her husband, but then she realizes wait Jesus Christ is REAL Once this is realized, it leads her to a Catholic church, while at the same time, she s being told she has to use contraception in order to prevent life threatening...This was a hard read for me.She gets points for her humor, and her appreciation for reason in approaching Christianity As a Christian who studied philosophy, I can appreciate that But like the other fewer starred reviews I ve read, what she thinks was reason and what actually is weren t quite the same She gets suckered into what I can only describe as appeal to emotion A pregnant woman reading about what happens during an abortion is definitely setting up for least rational conditions for th This was a hard read for me.She gets points for her humor, and her appreciation for reason in approaching Christianity As a Christian who studied philosophy, I can appreciate that But like the other fewer starred reviews I ve read, what she thinks was reason and what actually is weren t quite the same She gets suckered into what I can only describe as appeal to emotion A pregnant woman reading about what happens during an abortion is definitely setting up for least rational conditions for thought, but seems to be her biggest a ha moments regarding abortion and contraception debates And I ll grant, that it s a lot easier to analyze whether someone ELSE is being rational But still I think in the editing process that would have been a big red flag But I honestly don t think that was the point anyway.I didn t care that she finds Catholicism to be the answer and I m not Catholic, good for her anyway What really gives...Like most of the internet, I got sucked in and didn t put this one down until I finished I think I remember reading a blog post in which the author said she didn t just want to write a good conversion story She wanted to write a good STORY story This is definitely a good story This book is vivid and enga...I m reading some pretty great books right now and all of them are on hold because this book is the only thing I ve been reading since it arrived on my doorstep Been looking forward to it for years, as a long time reader of Jennifer Fulwiler s blog, and so far it has been worth the wait.Update 5 12 14 I finished this and I was right it was worth the wait I related to some parts of this and other parts presented an experience completely new to me I laughed at parts, I cried a few times, and I m reading some pretty great books right now and all of them are on hold because this book is the only thing I ve been reading since it arrived on my doorstep Been looking forward to it for years, as a long time reader of Jennifer Fulwiler s blog, and so far it has been worth the wait.Update 5 12 14 I finished this and I was right it was worth the wait I related to some parts of this and other parts presented an experience completely new to me I la...Dramatic, brutally honest conversion story from a woman born to and raised by atheist parents Ms Fulwiler describes, in some detail, the role apologetics including the work of J.P Moreland and Lee Strobel had in pointing her towards the ultimate truth of Christianity In an account that reads like a well written novel, she walks you though her personal journey from hostile atheism to Roman Catholicism Her fascinating story, intelligent insights, and dry witt made the book a real page turne Dramatic, brutally honest conversion story from a woman born to and raised by atheist parents Ms Fulwiler describes, in some detail, the role apologetics including the work of J.P Moreland and Lee Strobel had in pointing her towards the ultimate truth of Christi...4 stars because she says offensive things about cilantro I was honestly very surprised how much I enjoyed this book I know it s been a labor of love and through the editorial wringer multiple times for a few years, and I thought the result was a very well written, tightly edited spiritual memoir What I appreciated most was Fulwiler s dogged persistence in grappling with the problem of pain, as C.S Lewis would put it, especially as the suffering within her own family s history seems to ser 4 stars because she says offensive things about cilantro I was honestly very surprised how much I enjoyed this book I know it s been a labor of love and through the editorial wringer multiple times for a few years, and I thought the result was a very well written, tightly edited spiritual memoir What I appreciated most was Fulwiler s dogged persistence in grappling with the problem ...

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07 May 2017

Jennifer Fulwiler