Archive for August, 2007
Invisible Pink Unicorn’s Story
(Via IPU) I was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a beautiful place where the forests are thick, the lakes are clear and cold, and the roots of religion run deep. I don’t have a single complaint about my childhood, my dad was a cop, my mom a social worker. I’m certain that even [...]
Steve’s Story
(Via Steve) Well, I grew up Roman Catholic and was a believing Christian until 17 or so. More and more I came to see that things which I’d explained religiously, such as the existence of life, had perfectly naturalistic explanations. I remember that the last thing that held me to Catholicism was consciousness, which I [...]
KevinBBG’s Story
(Via Daily BBG) For most I think they had to fight out of the claws of a Christian family, for me it was different. I always was an atheist, even when I didn’t know what one was. My mom tried to raise me as a Jew but it didn’t take and after my Bar Mitzvah [...]
My Journey to Atheism
(Via Kausik Datta) I am a working scientist, though I am quite low in the pecking order, so to speak. I am a lowly post-doctoral researcher, with not much academic activity (or rather, activity, period!) outside of the lab for lack of time. But I do have a passion for science and scientific thought, and [...]
Jon Qing’s Story
(Via Jon Qing) My name’s Jon Qing. Let me share my story with you. My parents are both catholic, where they attended a catholic school taught by nuns. This apparently had a huge influence on them, as they (especially my mom) keep religious propaganda and objects around the house (glow in the dark statue). As [...]
The Shafts of Light Found Me
(Via Alexis) I never went looking to become an atheist. I went to a Christian and Missionary Alliance church in St. Pete., Florida from as early as I could remember, singing “Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World, Red and Yellow Black and White, They are Precious in His Sight…” While [...]
Jamie G’s Story
(Via Jamie G.) I wasn’t raised in a religious home. My parents divorced when I was five and my dad, my little brother, and I, moved to OK in 1990. I can’t say that I ever thought about a god or religion, at least not until I started dating a girl who went to church. [...]
What WOULD Jesus Do?
(Via Rich Black) My parents never attended church, to my knowledge. They certainly never went while I was living under their roof. My Mother, I suppose due to her upbringing in North Carolina, had some screwy notions about Sunday, however. She had a standing rule, in fact, that we could not go out and play [...]
Losing my Religion
(Via angelsdepart) I was raised in church. I know that this statement is not profound. Roughly 80% of Americans are raised in church. Now don’t get me wrong, when I was young I believed in this stuff intensely, but some of the questions I had then were profound for a child. I remember being in [...]
My Road to Atheism
(Via Secular Skeptic, Part I: What Took Me So Long?) My road to atheism was long and difficult. I’ve only actively identified myself as an unbeliever for less than a year, but the questioning started long before that. I’d like to explore, for my own benefit, and hopefully the benefit of anyone under similar circumstances, [...]
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