Stretttttching the Truth
By James C ~ How many of you have wondered, as did I, at tales told by ministers? I originally felt that the questionable ones generally came from visiting ministers (being not too worried about anyone...
View ArticleDoubting Thomas
By Dennis ~ I was raised in a fairly "loose" Catholic family. I would walk to church every Sunday just to get there. While in church, I noticed a lot of repetition of the same stories, and comments....
View ArticleHugs, bones and rock n roll
By Andy ~ What a fantastic site, there’s some truly inspiring material in some of these testimonies. Whilst mine is less dramatic than some, I felt I needed to get into pixels some of the absurdities I...
View ArticleMy De-conversion: fast-forward two years
By Thin-ice ~ I finally found my de-conversion story that I posted two years ago here at exchristian.net. (I couldn't find it because I used a different sign-in back then). If anyone wants to read my...
View ArticleIs Praying Before Football Games Cheating?
By Valerie Tarico ~ How many times have you seen football players – on the screen or just off the field—huddling for prayer before a game? You know what they’re asking for, right? They’re asking God to...
View ArticleGod vs. $20.00
By religiousantagonist ~ In 6 Minutes, I demonstrate just what is wrong with religion. Visit my Facebook Page.
View ArticleGod the Baby Killer
By atheistnurse ~ Many Christians are staunch anti-abortionists because, well, God just loves little children. After all, the bible says a lot of stuff about how god made us, like Isaiah 44:24: “This...
View ArticleI Don't Understand
By PinkRangerV ~ Dear Yahweh,I've read the Bible, listened to the ministers, and tried to be Catholic. And I've come to a conclusion--You hate me. Not just hate; this is a rage I've never heard of You...
View ArticleWhat's Missing
By Carl S ~ My wife attends a nearby church. It's adequate in size for fifty or so people. But that isn't how the system works, apparently. No, they're building a new one; a larger one, naturally....
View ArticleExBabyChristian.net ?
By dealdoctor ~ Have you guys seen the child and baby preachers? If you don’t think that religion brainwashes little children you need to take a look at this:What we see here with the phenomenon of...
View ArticleRighteous Versus Righting
By Seth Strong ~ I read a lot of testimonials on this site after stumbling on it a few months ago. Keep those coming if only to vent something that you may not be able to say in mixed company.I think...
View ArticleThe Leak That Can’t Be Fixed
By sola veritas ~ Unlike many who have shared their stories here, I did not lose my faith because I was mistreated by anyone in the church. In fact, ever since I was baptized as a teen – some 30 years...
View ArticleThe New Tithe
Created by Leaders&Flares ~ Image by mtsofan via FlickrMega-churches have used religion as fund-raising tool for too long. They shower their followers in sanctimonious platitudes, then clamor for...
View ArticleScientific Morality, Beauty, Justice, and Kindness
By DealDoctor ~ Our good friend Valerie Tarico in her excellent recent article “Heaven, Hell and Sam Harris” which responds to Sam Harris’ new bookImage by ganesha.isis via FlickrThe Moral Landscape...
View ArticleNonoverlapping Magisteria
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ In 1997, noted biologist and author Stephen J. Gould wrote an essay titled, Nonoverlapping Magisteria (sometimes abbreviated as NOMA)...
View ArticleI'm Not a Christian Anymore
By Lisa Kerr ~ "Vampire Christ" by D.W. FrydendallIn August, 2010, Anne Rice came out and said,"I quit being a Christian. I'm out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be...
View ArticleFear and the Bondage of Religion
By RickO ~ Fear is an emotional response to a perceived threat. It serves as a vital survival mechanism triggering the fight-or-flight reaction in most living creatures, ourselves included, when faced...
View ArticleImagine . . . No Religion
By Carl S ~ Suppose you woke up tomorrow morning and there was no more religion. Would the world be a better or worse place to live in? Maybe societies would crumble without a God or gods to invoke and...
View ArticleFine-Tuned Universe Argument Debunked
Recommended by Atheist Tooth Fairy (ATF) ~ There must be a divine artificer because the universe is so complex and so fine-tuned for our survival.ORSince the universe came billions and billions of...
View ArticleFour Columns
or,The Sermon That Made Me An Agnostic By Bud ~ "We sit outside and argue all night longAbout a God we've never seen, but never fails to side with me."- Primitive Radio Gods,Standing Outside A Broken...
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