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I am a Bright, are you?

February 19, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Erika Cowen) All my life I have been puzzled how so many intelligent people I know and trust appear to believe in a god. The same goes for ghosts, life after death, superstitions and astrology.I joined a local Freethinkers Group three years ago and became aware of Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett’s writings. I [...]

Tabula Rasa

February 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Adam P.) My story isn’t particularly interesting, nor is it filled with much adversity, so, it may make for a boring read, but I feel it is important to share this information to let other people know it is okay to believe this way. At the age of about 8 or 9, my parents [...]

How I became a non-believer

February 14, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Hollis Geary) Born this way.Had some life problems. Investigated the super natural. Rejected the super natural. Very happy now

Overcoming Faith

February 13, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments

(Via Caleb T.) I was raised by hyper religious parents, and I went to a private Christian school for the first decade of my education. Quite literally everyone I spoke to, every friend I had, and every adult-figure in my life was a fundamentalist Christian. The thought of atheism was to my young mind silly, [...]

My atheist story

February 5, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Kevin Forbes) When I was a young man, I existed in that realm of what could be called “Sort of Christian.” That is, I believed in God and Jesus, but I didn’t study the Bible and I didn’t go to Church. When I reached the age of fifteen, my family decided to become ‘religious’ [...]

Confederacy of Dunces

February 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

(Via Michael Bunn) I was not raised religious. My family’s religious background is Unitarian Universalist, a faith that I truly respect for its inclusiveness and beautiful message of peace, as well as its uniqueness among Judeo-Christian sects in its adherence to the message it espouses. Its focus is not on Jesus or God, but on [...]