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Breaking Away with Love
By Iris ~ Here I am, 35 years old, in the swirling midst of a crisis of faith. I discovered this site several weeks ago, and it has definitely bolstered my confidence and security in my independence...
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Pierre's History Lesson
By Carl S. ~ Before we start, an actual statement by a student in a political history class:“If God rules Heaven, then a monarchy ends up being the highest kind of government."Pierre is a six year old...
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The Prophet System Revisited
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ I have written on this issue before, but I think it is a very intriguing argument which gets too little attention, so I want to lay it out again with a slightly different...
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My will to believe
By Brian Nelson ~ Currently I am a college senior about to graduate this summer and go to graduate school for business/accounting in the fall and my story is somewhat uncharacteristic of what other...
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Reason vs. Culture
By Peacefully Hiding ~ It's easy to be a brash teen and rebel against everything, particularly deep abstract ideas, because as a teen we don't really understand everything so well. Again, abstract...
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The stonecutter and the tree
By Tania ~ “When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it...
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Why I Do Not Believe In An Afterlife
By Paul So ~ I didn’t believe in an afterlife even as a devout Christian because I was raised in an Adventist church that taught that there is no immediate afterlife, only a unconscious sleep after...
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A 3-Re Guy
By “Bored Again” ~ My specialty is irreverent essays, two of which I’ve sent to this site (“The Lord’s Prayer Laid Bare” and “Entrée to Eternity”). But I’ve always enjoyed your exit testimonies and...
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God as a Primitive Super-Man
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ Christians widely portray their god as an all-powerful, all-wise, transcendent and perfect, spiritual being. I contend that modern theologians have reconfigured god from...
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I keep trying to get saved
By Matthew ~ When I was young I was very inquisitive. I gravitated towards music, astronomy, and math. I always wanted to know how things worked, and I would spend hours taking apart toy trains,...
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Crisis of Faith
By Meranda ~ I have visited this site a few times over the past several months, and have been intrigued, comforted and understood as I read the various posts. My only beef is that I wish I could talk...
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Out of the Shadows She Comes
By Tes28 ~ Long-time skeptic here and recently out of the doubting closet. It hit me Easter Day as I was searching "proof of God" that I wasn't going to find it, or believe it, for that matter.I've...
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Reason vs. Faith: Why Reason Wins
By Paul So ~ Sometimes (or many times) believers will often see a tension between faith and reason which goes way back since the inception of Christianity by Constantine (or much earlier). Usually you...
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All Your Truth Are Belong to Us!
By Stephen ~ Some people collect stamps; I critique Christian blogs for fun. So it was that I came across this little gem from the ever-delightful “Resurgence” site (yes, the stomping ground of that...
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Why I Am an Anti-Theist
By Tim McGraw ~ Growing up I was an only child of a single mother in a radical pentecostal church, there were a few men who tried to be a “father figure” in my life. I always wanted to find my...
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You Don't Believe in the Bible or God, Shut Up About It
By Incongruous Circumspection ~ After openly moving out of Christianity and becoming an agnostic, concluding that the Bible is nothing more than a fascinating mess of paper and ink, I have been asked...
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No Room in the Ark for the Lesbian Lizards
By Hatuey ~ After reading atheistnurse’s piece on Noah’s Ark I decided to revisit the story myself to get a better understanding of it the way she did. Once I began reading, I noticed something in...
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The Deal-breaker
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ This article is intended as a little head-to-head talk with Christians concerning their “deal” with the faith. As you surely understand, your acceptance of the Christian...
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From Christian to Atheist
By DavidBroman ~ This is for my children when they are older -- to help keep you free from superstitious thought and culture. It's for my friends and family who often invite me to church or ask me why...
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When Is It Too Late For Someone?
By Hoopy Frood ~ At what point should we give up on someone? I am speaking primarily about Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. They are the most hateful, intolerant, fear mongering people you...
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