Paul McLellan

30 Year Entrepreneur-Executive // Thought Leader // Software Designer // Philosophizer // Husband+Father

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30 Years of Business Lessons on Embracing Technology
October 14, 2026
30 Years of Business Lessons on Embracing Technology
October 14, 2026

Lessons from decades in eCommerce, software development, business ownership, and technology leadership.

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October 14, 2026
Deconstructed : My Journey Away from the Religion of Christianity
August 26, 2026
Deconstructed : My Journey Away from the Religion of Christianity
August 26, 2026

A detailed breakdown of a systematic exodus from man made religion. From fundamentalist Christianity to simply being a human, while maintaining all values and ethics.

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August 26, 2026
What Happens When Prayer Doesn't Work?
April 3, 2025
What Happens When Prayer Doesn't Work?
April 3, 2025

What do you do when the act of prayer (pick your religion) no longer matches up to your life’s painful experiences? Is it possible that prayer is an overhyped and useless practice?

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April 3, 2025
Losing a Loved One to Suicide | The Legacy of Joy
November 19, 2024
Losing a Loved One to Suicide | The Legacy of Joy
November 19, 2024

An introspective and emotional look into the life and death of my sister, who meant very much to me. After over 20 years of fighting, she lost her battle against mental illness and the effects of the loss are so impactful.

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November 19, 2024
The Day God Died | 2 Days in Ojai
May 1, 2024
The Day God Died | 2 Days in Ojai
May 1, 2024

How two days in Ojai, CA with some fellow wanderers helped me process some immense trauma and finally give words to the most difficult day in my entire life. Includes a recent podcast with a friend I met in Ojai.

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May 1, 2024
Three Distinct Types of Christians: Token, Cerebral, Lifestyle
April 12, 2024
Three Distinct Types of Christians: Token, Cerebral, Lifestyle
April 12, 2024

I’ve observed three primary presentations of “Christianity” in people. Two of the three have very little to do with the original person that this religion and way of life was modeled after. Let’s break down these types and learn which one is truest to the original form.

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April 12, 2024
A Dad's Guide To Parenting : How To Raise Good Humans
September 13, 2021
A Dad's Guide To Parenting : How To Raise Good Humans
September 13, 2021

I’m by no means an expert, but after having raised 9 children, I have a few thoughts on what works and what doesn’t when trying to give the world some good humans. This flies in the face what both the general public and conservative Christianity would preach.

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September 13, 2021
Why are so many Christians so passive-aggressively hateful?
September 11, 2021
Why are so many Christians so passive-aggressively hateful?
September 11, 2021

I grew up at a legalistic church, high school and went to a legalistic Bible college. I’ve experienced more abuse and criticism in the name of Jesus than amongst anyone else. Such a sad paradox.

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September 11, 2021
The Bible - The most misunderstood and abused book in history.
March 18, 2021
The Bible - The most misunderstood and abused book in history.
March 18, 2021

The Bible. The book that Cerebral Christians attain power to that never claimed to have its own power, or at the very least, that cannot have the power to claim its own power. Enter the world of circular reasoning, where there is an endless loop of self-authentication that some Christians give this book that they’ve turned into a weapon.

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March 18, 2021
Escaping the Bondage of Christian Legalism
May 19, 2020
Escaping the Bondage of Christian Legalism
May 19, 2020

How I narrowly escaped legalism and subsequently wandered through a wasteland of reflection to find deep and profound meaning in my evolving understanding of life, suffering and “God”.

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May 19, 2020
Hell, as a lake of fire for eternal punishment, does NOT exist in the Bible!
April 10, 2019
Hell, as a lake of fire for eternal punishment, does NOT exist in the Bible!
April 10, 2019

The concept of “hell”, as a lake of fire set aside for eternal torment simply is not found anywhere in the Bible. Here is proof that it does not exist but instead of a gross misinterpretation from “Sheol”, “Hades”, “Tartarus” and “Gehenna”!

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April 10, 2019
ShoutLife.com - A Fresh Approach to Social Networking
October 14, 2015
ShoutLife.com - A Fresh Approach to Social Networking
October 14, 2015

ShoutLife.com was a truly unique social networking experience; a family-friendly community that impacted hundreds of thousands of people.

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October 14, 2015
Bulletin Board Systems (BBS): the "internet" before the internet
October 12, 2015
Bulletin Board Systems (BBS): the "internet" before the internet
October 12, 2015

Before you could connect to the internet with high speed cable modems, you were limited to connecting to localized networks through a telephone-based modem at a very, very low speed. 

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October 12, 2015
My love of programming began with "making" video games for the Commodore Amiga
October 10, 2015
My love of programming began with "making" video games for the Commodore Amiga
October 10, 2015

Although I am a full-time web developer now, I got my start with programming on the Commodore Amiga computer system.  What is the Amiga you may ask?

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October 10, 2015