Why Celebrate Darwin Day? Watch the Video!
Dear Friend,This February 12, people all over the world will commemorate Darwin Day, an international celebration to honor the discoveries and life of Charles Darwin—the man who propelled science...
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By Carl S ~ Below, is an e-mail that was written in response to a visitor's request for more information - a visitor who is familiar with the Gethsemane monastery I had written about. Several days...
View ArticleCasting new series for former religious
Hello there,I am an Associate Producer with a New York City Production Company and we are working on a new series about couples dealing with issues with their In-Laws. I am reaching out to the former...
View ArticleGullible me
By atheistnurse ~ OK. So I get the news I had the big "C." Shock, fear, and then I got religious. Doesn't everyone who has a potentially fatal diagnosis? No? Well, call me gullible. At the time it gave...
View ArticleCrashing down like dominoes
By Allan Potter ~ I feel like I could write for days on this subject. My journey has been a very fluid one and I know that it is not complete. One thing I have learned is to keep an open mind, without...
View ArticleI was blind, but now I see... there is no God
By R.E.Allison ~ It's difficult to explain my lost “faith in God,” I was brought up in a family of teachers, farmers and construction workers. My grandfather was a Baptist minister who had built a...
View ArticleHeaven, Hell and Sam Harris
By Valerie Tarico ~ In his latest book, The Moral Landscape, Sam Harris goes boldly where angels and demons dare not tread, and both end up supporting him.Harris is not one to mince words. Reacting to...
View ArticleAge of Humanity
By Oktober ~ Ages are believed by some astrologers to affect mankind while other astrologers believe the ages correlate to the rise and fall of mighty civilizations and cultural tendencies. Aquarius...
View Article"Aha!" Moments
By Thinks4Herself ~ Even though I was raised in a relaxed Christian home, it has taken me over 20 years to admit I'm a nonbeliever and much effort to shake indoctrination. Although I now consider...
View ArticleAnother "stalemate"
By Dethblight ~ Sometimes I wonder why I even bother... then I remember sites like this and the testimonials they contain about how the seed of doubt was planted. The following is a facebook...
View ArticleThe End Is Nigh!
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ I submitted the following for the Letters-to-the-Editor page of a local weekly newspaper. It was not printed. Why? Well, I don’t know really, but my best guess is that I...
View ArticleSearching for Certainty
By RickO ~ One Saturday morning in 1987, when I was 25 years old, two men came to my door. They were elderly gentlemen; too old to be detectives, but that was only a momentary thought anyway because...
View ArticleScrewed Up Beyond Belief Part 8
WELCOME BACK TO HELL ~By Ex-Pastor Dan ~ The SendoffMy last Sunday night at the Lighthouse started off really depressing. I had prayed so hard and believed with all my might. I had ‘Faith Visioned’...
View ArticleHad enough of their crap
By Finally Free ~ Does the excuse "I'm not perfect but I'm forgiven" give Christians the right to treat people badly?I was brought up a Christian and attended church with my family. I started working...
View ArticleA High Tolderance for Absurdity
By agnosticator ~ I know a woman who is kind and cheerful, and has never shared her Christian faith with me. I respected her due to this, until recently. I overheard her raise her voice in an unholy...
View ArticleMilitary Spiritual Fitness – Christian Flag Folding
SBy Valerie Tarico, Ph.D. ~ When American soldiers come forward with tales of divisive evangelism run amuck in the military--for example, proselytizing by commanding officers, coerced attendance at...
View ArticleHow to Stay a Christian
By ThinkTank ~ If someone says there is no evidence for the existence of a God,Say, “Our belief in God is a matter of faith.”Do not think about an entire belief system built on faith instead of...
View ArticleHow I became a non-Christian in the Bible Belt
By Open-Minded in the South ~ My story is a long one, however for the sake of time and space I will cut it down as much as possible. I am from the Deep South -- Alabama that is. You know, the State...
View ArticleWho killed my faith, me or God?
By Steph ~ I am now an official ex-Christian. It started three years ago after 35 years of being a Christian. Ironically, I started reading the bible cover to cover to be the best "Christian" I could....
View ArticleWhatever happened to God being all-powerful?
By James ~ I have been married to, in my opinion, the most beautiful woman in the world for 24 years. We both were baptized after receiving Christ in our lives six years ago. Recently, our move to the...
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