General Buddhism
From Believer to Humanist
(Via Don Severs) Non-believers are misunderstood. Most believers get a lot of good, positive benefits from their faith, so they are mystified when anyone thinks faith could be a bad thing. It’s very much like having someone tell you the guy you’re in love with is no good for you. You can’t see it and [...]
Gaining Faith in Reason and Humanity
(Via Andy Grey) I was raised in a tolerant Buddhist family since I was a child. When I was 14, I was constantly bullied in class. I decided then that if a benevolent higher power existed, he’d take care of the bullies for me. So I prayed, and it didn’t work. I was still picked [...]
Stan’s Story
(Va Stan Park) I am not able to be classified as an atheist in light of such ideas, but this is irrelevant in any case. At any rate I do not limit myself to being “godless” or “atheist”, as these are very much not any better than what religions provide us. My only concern is [...]
Marshall’s Story
(Via Marshall Davis) My first day in a Southern Baptist church was 2 weeks after I was born. I was always a bit shaken when I saw how emotional people got at certain times, but I was always bit more calm than anyone else. I stopped going to any services when I left home – [...]
The anticlimactic ‘coming out’
Well, over the last couple of weeks I’ve been making a serious effort to ‘come out’ as an atheist. Granted, my status on myspace and whatnot has said ‘atheist’ for ‘religion’ for years now (prior to that I was agnostic, so there was absolutely no response to that change.)
Journey of an Atheist
(Via vjack, Part I) I’ve really enjoyed reading personal accounts from several atheist bloggers about their journey from religion to atheism (e.g., Steve Wild at Dailyspeech.net), so I figured it was time to share mine. If nothing else, it will be a good excuse for some self reflection around how I came to believe what [...]
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 [...]
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