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Philosophy is for the weak minded
(Via David Adams) When I was in my teens and younger I aways had an interest in philosophical issues. My parents said that I asked questions like “who was I before I was born” and “where did everything come from” at an early age. My parents, not being particularly philosophical or religious did their best [...]
Eric’s Story
(Via Eric Amundrud) I guess that I have always felt godless. It was the pressure of family and friends that kept me in the belief system in which I was raised. It has been a long journey to where I am now. It includes spending time as: Episcoplian, Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism, Southern Baptist, Pentecostal, Roman [...]
From Baptist to Atheist
(Via Brittany White) I was born and raised in a fundamentalist Baptist christian family. I attended Sunday School as a child and even as a teenager, never questioned my beliefs. I used to deeply believe in heaven, hell, the literal interpretation of the Bible, Jesus, virgin birth, creation, etc. I was extremely fearful of hell [...]
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 – [...]
Coming out G-dless
(Via Angela Rey) my ascent to a humanist perspective has been a very slow and painful journey. raised independent fundamentalist baptist (IFB), i very deeply believed in heaven, hell, jesus, literal creation, virgin birth… if it was in the christian scripture, i soaked it in. i was baptized at 7, led my first convert to [...]
Always Godless
(Via Ryk) I wasn’t actually raised an atheist. Both of my parents technically professed a religion. Dad was Methodist, Mom was southern Baptist. However they never went to church or talked about God or the Bible. Religion was strictly a label and not a very frequently worn one. I figured out early on that my [...]
Jerry’s Story
(Via Jerry Buchanan) Atheism is very much a part of who I am. I join with other atheists in many venues. I used to follow what the Baptist church told me to follow—no questions asked. In my late teens, my closest friend taught me how to question. He and I didn’t agree on many things [...]
Yunshui’s Story
(Via yunshui) My parents were, and still are, fervent Baptists, and so I was raised in the Church from birth. I was something of a sceptic as a child (my mother still recounts how, aged 3, I announced that I no longer believed in Father Christmas because, “there are too many children for him to visit [...]
Nigel’s Story
(Via Nigel) I was raised Christian. My parents started out as good Baptists, ‘heard’ from God to move from England to Australia, became Pentecostals, ‘heard’ again to move from Australia to Canada and left the organized church. I pretty much bought into all of it. I wound up on an ‘End time farm’, involved in [...]
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 [...]
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