An Atheist's Personal Testimony
(Above: My wife Sayaka) ________________________________________________________________________ “Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?” 2 Corinthians 6:14-15, King James Version Okay, so here is the sort of Christian I was, because it was who I was, it is how I thought: I believed it when the Bible said not to marry anyone outside of the faith. I believed it would be a sin to do so. I believe it would ruin my relationship with Christ. Then I met Sayaka. My whole life I had been raised in a Church which taught that if I married a non-Christian, such as a Buddhist, I'd go to hell. And in my piety I believed it. But then I met Sayaka, and suddenly, an eternity in hell seemed like a risk worth taking. Like many fundamentalist ...