Archive for August, 2008
Free to Think and Question
(Via Peter White) I was raised a good Christian in a place where religion was a way of life. I lived in the province of Quebec which, at the time, was almost a theocracy. The laws of the province prevented the dissemination of birth control information and divorce was not possible. As a result Quebec [...]
An Atheist Blossoms
(Via Andrew) In the beginning there was the Book, and the Book was by God, and the Book was about God. In the end, it would be the Book that would lead me from God, and then from any god. But lets not get ahead of ourselves… I had the boring stereotypical white-bread, middle-class upbringing, [...]
The Story of My Disbelief
(Via Jaakko Wallenius) I have in this blog repeatedly pointed out the importance of the indoctrination that is done in the early childhood in transferring the religious beliefs. This is in a pivotal point in Richard Dawkins work. My lifetime of atheism is certainly in some part based on the fact that I have not [...]
How Love Trumped God
(Via Erica) Aside from sporadic Sunday church attendance in childhood, I was pretty much apathetic to religion or atheism until the age of 14. When I started high school, one of our marching band’s part-time assistants was a youth pastor at the church of Christ across the street from our practice field. He invited everyone [...]
Atheism is like a liferaft in an ocean of religious despair
(Via BiMamaFeminAtheist) This story was originally posted on ex-christian.net so references to fundie trolls are intended for that audience. I was born at home in January of 1983. Six of my grandmothers eight grandchildren were born this way (the other two are adopted). My parents split up before I can remember, and my mother went [...]
It’s my Life
(Via Daphne) I am 14 and I never knew what atheist meant. I thought it was something like communism and stuff like that =] I never really “believed in god” but my dear friend did and she took me to church on the rare occasions. I never liked it or understood the point. Mostly I [...]
Atheism not Porn
(Via Susan) I was an “active” member of our fading Southern Baptist Church back in the 1970′s. It pleased my mom to no end that I attended Sunday service (twice) and Wednesday night service. As I said the church was fading, very few young people and about 200 old people (mostly women). I kept my [...]
there and back again
(Via George Evans) I was raised in the middle part of the last century in a small town in remote rural Missouri. I wanted to be part of the community, so I joined the church when I was eight or nine. (We had attended services faithfully for my whole life). As I grew older, things [...]
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