Life in Fundamentalism, Part I: The Basics

I never really felt like part of the world. I don’t just mean part of the secular world, though that was definitely a component. I never felt like I belonged to any kind of community or group; most of the time I haven’t even felt like a person.

For a time, I did have a community, the only one I knew from ages 6–14. It was casually referred to as “The Fellowship”, which as a kid I always…