Losing My Religion
By Jennifer ~ I just recently had a complete mind shift with regards to God and Religion and Heaven and Hell and eternal life... everything I guess. It was like something just 'snapped' inside my...
View ArticleReligious Trauma In Childhood
By Fuego ~ Hi all, I'm finishing up writing a new book on my conversion and deconversion experiences and the Christian world-view, and would like to ask for your input. I had a lot of excellent...
View ArticleWe Burned Our Bibles in the Front Yard
By ThinkTank ~ The white smoke curled and entwined itself into the warm afternoon air. I stood at the edge of the hole that we had dug in front of the house.My spouse, our kids, and two of our friends...
View ArticleAuthor Interview: Breaking their Will
By Valerie Tarico ~ Janet HeimlichValerie Tarico interviews Janet Heimlich, author of Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment. During eight years working for NPR, Heimlich...
View ArticleAudacity
By Growing Skeptic ~ At some point, I want to submit my de-conversion story, however it is not complete and will no doubt be very long. For now, I wish to share a growing discomfort (I can think of...
View ArticleLove this site!
From Brandon ~ Love this site. Grew up having the "good" book thrown at me and my parents still try to. It feels so good to not fear death and hell anymore. I just cant understand how someone can live...
View ArticleAnd So I Set My Spirit Free
By Tempest ~ I felt what so many others around the world felt- the sadness, fear, and anxiety at the mere thought of leaving their faith. All my life my Ive been told that God was real, and that Heaven...
View ArticleI Don't Mind God
By Carl S. ~ Last Sunday, like all the rest, I went to pick up my wife after her church service, going from entrance to restroom in a flash. On the way, I passed a Jamaican man. We greeted each other....
View ArticleWaking up from a Coma
By Steelblood ~ I've been coming to this site for almost two years now. I don't know why I'm suddenly submitting my deconversion story this evening, and I am certainly at a loss as to where to...
View ArticleThe Rapture After-Party!
By Geri Weaver, President of Central NC Atheists & Humanists ~ I am the President of the Central NC Atheists & Humanists, a Charter Chapter of the American Humanist Association. Please help us...
View ArticleA distinction in need of noting
By Johan de Haan ~ There is an aspect of religious apologia that perturbs my humble sensibilities, that puts an unjustified smirk on the faces of the faithful and is rarely outed as the fallacious...
View ArticleHomophobia-Planting in Uganda: A Tough Seed with Poisonous Fruit
By Valerie Tarico ~ Christian extremists in Uganda’s parliament are hoping that hunger and high gas prices will provide the cover they need to finally subject gay men to punishment of biblical...
View ArticleAnd Still I Rise
By InnocentYetDemonic ~ So I wake up today hearing the familiar sounds of the world around me. I lay there in bed, relishing in the simple pleasure of knowing that I have slept through another Sunday...
View ArticlePhotographic proof there is no god
By older1 ~ People working inside the news business see many photographs not otherwise seen in America, but these sometimes timid professionals shield most Americans from ugly truths with a "no blood...
View ArticleLosing What Was Lost
By Drew ~ Most people say that in times of greatest trial is when God strengthens faith the most. While that might be generally true, in my case it isn't.I was raised Lutheran. I used to attend church...
View Article"Rapture" & "End of the World" Teaching is terrorism
By Marlene Winell ~ The description on YouTube:On the occasion of Camping's "Judgment Day" prediction of May 21, Dr. Winell and Tracy Williams discuss the psychological implications of these end times...
View ArticleAlmost an ex-Christian
By Charles ~ Well, I thought that this day will never come. I know your website from a while, but I was thinking that you were just a bunch of crazy people, really angry with God, religion and...
View ArticleMy "Eureka" moment
By Peter ~ I was 61 years old when I had my "Eureka" moment. The realisation that I had not stopped to think and open my eyes, and my mind, came as a thrilling surprise. My only disappointment was that...
View ArticleA Holey Fairy Tale
By atheistnurse ~ Once upon a time there was nothing. But in that nothing was an omnipotent god. This god wasn’t made by anything - he was just always there -- hanging out in nothingness for eternity (...
View ArticleYou May Experience A Burning Sensation
By Kate Harrad ~ As many of you will already be aware, this Saturday is an exciting day in the history of the world. According to the eBible Fellowship – and who can argue with them based on the robust...
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