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The following are lists of notable people who left Christianity, sorted by the religious or non-religious ideology they identified with:<!-- Generally alphabetized by surname --> |
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*[[Brigitte Boisselier]] — mostly known for her association with [[Clonaid]], converted to [[Raëlism]].<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/08/1041989999291.html SMH: According to published reports, she was raised as Catholic on a farm in the Champagne region east of Paris.</ref> |
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* [[Ellen Burstyn]] — American actress, converted to a universalist spiritual form of [[Sufism]] in the 1970s.<ref>[http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Celebrities/Ellen-Burstyns-True-Face.aspx "Ellen Burstyn's True Face] Belief.net. Retrieved on 2009-12-27.</ref> |
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*[[Tom Cruise]] — American actor and well-known [[Scientology|Scientologist]]<ref>http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=14938&pageIndex=1 "RD: You were Catholic originally. Cruise: Well, we went from Episcopalian, to atheist, to Catholic..."</ref><ref>http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/tomcruisebiogx21x05x02xpu "In 1990 Cruise renounced his devout Catholic beliefs and embraced The Church Of Scientology claiming that Scientology teachings had cured him of the dyslexia that had plagued him all of his life."</ref> |
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*[[Katy Perry]] — Musician with 5 platinum records, daughter of Pentecostal pastors. |
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*[[Frank Schaeffer]] — Son of theologian Francis Schaeffer. Associated with the religious right, converted to Greek Orthodox<ref>{{cite web|last=Schaeffer|first=Frank|title=Frank Schaeffer|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Schaeffer|publisher=Wikipedia|accessdate=1 April 2014}}</ref> |
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*[[Charles Templeton]] — Mass evangelist who worked arm in arm with Billy Graham. <ref>{{cite book|last=Templeton|first=Charles|title=Farewell to God: My Reasons for Rejecting the Christian Faith|date=October 12, 1996|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=0771084226|pages=248}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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{{Portal|Christianity}} |
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*[[Apostasy from Christianity]] |
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*[[List of converts to Christianity]] |
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;Major religions |
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*[[List of converts to Buddhism from Christianity]] |
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*[[List of converts to Hinduism from Christianity]] |
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*[[List of converts to Islam from Christianity]] |
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*[[List of converts to Judaism from Christianity]] |
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*[[List of converts to Sikhism from Christianity]] |
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*[[List of converts to Nontheism#Christianity|List of converts to Atheism from Christianity]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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{{Lists of converts}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lists Of Former Christians}} |
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[[Category:Former Christians|*]] |
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[[Category:Lists of religious converts|Christian]] |
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[[Category:Lists of Christians|Former]] |
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