Raised Evangelical: Veronica’s Story  A post in the Raised
Evangelical series.  Section 1: Introduction   My name is
Veronica. I’m currently 35 years old. I was raised by my parents
as an Evangelical Christian, and took part in church life all my
youth. Today I define myself as a Secular Humanist, which I have
for the past 4-5 years. Before that I considered myself an
agnostic. My transition from Christian to agnostic took place
between 10 and 5 years ago. It was somewhat gradual. I have not
identified as religious for the past 7 years at least.   The
church I grew up in from the age of 9 when we moved town is a
Pentecostal church. My parents were raised Lutheran but
converted. All my grandparents remained Lutheran. Many people in
my church proudly identified as fundamentalists, and many were
so both in words and actions. My dad was never really a
fundamentalist, he would mostly just go along with whatever was
going on. My mother is a very strong and fundamentalist
believer. To the point where I even as a Chr