Hi, I'm Kay, and I'm just curious. I come from a fundamentalist background, faithwise (born into an atheist family, but came to faith in my late teens). I was immersed in 'patriarchy' which led to some very difficult life decisions - like home educating, not using contraception and so on. My health suffered greatly and I ended up nearly crippled, and eventually spent some time in a mental institution. Gradually I've begun to reject a literalist view of scripture and have found that I don't want to just reject Christianity wholsesale, but that my understanding needs to evolve if I am to hang on to my faith. So I found this site and think it may well be a good place to explore. thanks for reading