This week’s guest is Mandi. Mandi grew up in a mixed Jewish and Christian home, attending a Messianic temple. She loved every minute of it as a kid and cherishes her memories.

In high school and as a young adult, though, she began to ask questions, and as we’ve seen in religion time and time again, her questions were dismissed.

After incredible and full years of life—moving to Israel, returning to Georgia, joining an Orthodox Jewish community, getting married, and having children—she identifies as an agnostic atheist.

“It’s been so good for my mental health, to not believe, to stop praying.”

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Attribution

"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
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