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Screwed Up Beyond Belief, Part VIII
Repentance and ReunionBy Ex-Pastor Dan ~ Traveling MerciesThere’s nothing quite like the sounds a WWII era Willy’s Jeep makes as it squeaks and squawks along a dirt road (really a glorified trail),...
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My Journey from Christian to Atheist
By Tracy ~ I was born into a Southern Baptist Christian family. Before I could hold my head up on my own I had been “dedicated” to God. I accepted Jesus as my savior when I was four years old and was...
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Divorce and the Bible
By Sarah ~ I would like to share a story that may sound strange to most, but this situation is what has brought me to this website and also caused me to question some of my beliefs.I was dating a man...
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A police officer's deconversion
By Joshua ~ I'm a police officer. This only matters because anyone who has a job whose tools include a gun and body armor has a strong disposition towards being religious. My job is in the south...
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Hell, Eternity, and Heaven
By Mriana ~ The idea of hell, heaven, and eternity are very much a human concept and I going to attempt to show just how they are. A word of warning for people now, concerning what I am about to “show”...
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A Blueprint for the Cults
By Agnosticator ~ It can easily be argued (and I am) that American religious cults owe the New Testament for their existence because it contains a blueprint for the cults. The believer is told to focus...
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Check and Mate
By JadedAtheist ~ Nailing Jell-O to a WallMany people get frustrated with Christians because they always seem to have an “answer” to every problem you present to them. This in their mind seems to prove...
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Flatlined__________and still no prayers
By Summerbreeze ~ Life can throw us some weird coincidences. I had typed my article "Entering the NO-FUN ZONE" ( about the health benefits of laughter )to Dave on a Monday. Then three days later I...
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Madoff, Mubarak, and Us
By Carl S ~ Little Johnny vomited on the kitchen floor. Grandma was angry because he caused her discomfort. Mother was furious. She said, "Johnny has insulted my dinner, and he ought to be punished."...
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Where does the love of god go when the minutes turn to hours
By darklady ~ ‘Where does the love of god go when the minutes turn to hours? (Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald)The recent earth quake in Christchurch NZ has seen the usual bigoted...
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Giving up my Favorite Blanket
By Kremer ~ When I first dropped Christianity, it was because of the shear nonreason that religion seemed to display: the ease at which I knew others religion to be false taught me that my own was as...
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A life through faith
By mari_mayhem ~ On March 7th 2011, my grandmother died in what people are probably deeming an act of god. I would say that it is far from that. Many would think me heartless for the things I am about...
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Soldier, Dad, Whistleblower: Atheist in a Foxhole Takes on Evangelistic...
By Valerie Tarico ~ Justin Griffith is a twenty-eight year old active duty soldier, a sergeant at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He is also a new dad. Griffith likes what he does. He describes the...
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Cosmic Balance
Apostate Peg ~ I’ve been thinking about cosmic balance; every action having an equal and opposite reaction.A while ago my husband and I were out for a walk. Actually, my husband was doing the walking...
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Tribal Lore in the USA
By Carl S ~ How often in your life have you been exposed to motion pictures and documentaries wherein tribal elders pass down the lore, the "wisdom" of generations to their young? Their wisdom is...
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An Atheist in the Pew
By IDH ~ Good morning brothers and sisters. I'm your father, sister, spouse, maybe your best friend. I have a secret, and as much as I can allow it right now, I want you to know the truth. Though I sit...
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I'm a tyco racetrack
By Matt ~ Howdy all, my name is Matt and yep coming here because I'm going forward only to come back to the beginning. Long story short; raised a Jehovah's Witness in a very violent home. Tried to...
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Faith explained it all to me
By Dan ~ I grew up in a conservative Christian home in South Africa during the apartheid years. In those days all the white people were Christians and we were taught not to challenge authority. After I...
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Discordance
By Paul ~ My deconversion story is difficult to decipher because there is neither no one vent that lead my to disbelief nor a consistent pattern of my deconversion. Let's just say that while it was a...
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What's so great about obedience?
By Tusk ~ Since coming out 10 months ago, I've caught a lot of flack from my Christer friends. My best friend is a seminary student and a member of the Uber-Baptist Inc. denomination. His ol' stand-by...
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