(Via A.) I used to fret a lot about what to believe. How, given the multiplicity of belief systems and ideologies, could anyone possibly make any sense of it all? How could you decide? Everyone argued the same facts differently or presented a different set of facts or reasons justifying their position, and I, stuck [...]
(Via Cris) Unlike most of the stories I’ve read through here, I actually enjoyed going to church. I was brought up since I was a baby in church. God existed. I went up to the alter to get saved during vacation Bible school at about the age of 9-10. I was baptized in an Assembly [...]
(Via Poodles) Sometimes memes can give you some motivation to write about something that should have been written a long time ago. I think deconversion stories are important. I think they can be helpful to those rolling on the edge of atheism, scared or uncomfortable to take those last steps. The internet is a great [...]
(Via Pink Atheist in Albuquerque) I broke my mother’s heart in 1995. I remained chaste and virginal until the age of 27. Hard to believe, I know. But for all of my sexually mature life, I had harbored the secret that “dare not speak its name”. At least, that’s what it was called a long [...]