Rob Haskell was born in the US in 1966 to a newly minted pastor, soon to become missionary. At the age of five he was whisked off to Argentina on a Pan Am flight. Feeling his stomach drop when the plane hit a huge air pocket was his first experience of sheer terror. Rob lived in Argentina for 10 years as his family spread the gospel, and he loved every minute of it. He attended local schools, became fluent in Spanish, and went native. Back in North America, Rob attended a fundamentalist Bible college in Portland, Oregon with the vague idea of going into ministry, but in practice he spent most of his time playing his electric guitar and getting in trouble with the dean. When his girlfriend introduced him to the wonders of Koine Greek (the original language the New Testament), he was all in. He traveled north to another Bible college, this one on the wind-swept plains of Alberta, Canada, where he completed his undergraduate studies. There followed years of teaching in churches, starting various mildly successful ministries, and two masters degrees in Biblical Studies. Rob wrote many academic articles and a book, in Spanish, about how to interpret the Bible. It still sells copies and is bound to make people wonder if there are two Rob Haskells writing books about religion. He traveled all over Latin America teaching pastors and Christian leaders how to study the Bible, in order to truly hear God’s word, and he also participated in high level theological dialogs as a member of a global evangelical organization. In 2015, after a painful divorce from the aforementioned girlfriend, Rob started to rethink everything and was finally able to see his way through many issues that had plagued his mind. It became clear to him that the world made much more sense when his critical faculties were allowed to roam free, unfettered by the chains of religious orthodoxy. Rob now lives in the Pacific Northwest and spends his rainy days writing and speaking at the intersection of religion, culture, science, and psychology.