2016-07-04 15:30
An Ex-Christian Poem Made on the Commute HomeBy Jonny Wanabi ~ Oh me, oh my,let’s reach out and touch the skyLet’s do the hard work to make things happenAnd do it with some joy a… Read More
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2016-06-26 19:16
By curlew ~ I once was blind but now I see.It wasn't an epiphany. I used my head.I thought instead.What good is this religion?Prayers unheard.Read the word.Pretend it really matters.Sing th… Read More
2016-06-26 19:16
By John Draper ~ In my last post, I said that the Internet is killing religion because of the profusion of information critical of the church. It works, whichever church is church to you. I… Read More
2016-06-26 18:59
By Carl S ~ My wife asked me to accompany her to an after-church party for her pastor's wedding anniversary. I have avoided telling her I don't respect the man in the first place, but… Read More
2016-06-26 18:51
By LoveShack ~ There is woman who was my friend, who is so scared of the notion of Hell and so brainwashed by her preacher and the little congregation she is a member of, that she will not a… Read More
2016-06-26 18:43
By John Draper ~ There’s a great episode on The Simpsons that opens on the scene when Moses descends to the foot of Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments. Homer the Thief is chatting i… Read More
2016-06-05 12:25
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ Carl S. recently shared a small quarterly magazine with me that provided a ton of laughs and tickled my curiosity. It was titled, “Venture Inward; the mag… Read More
2016-06-05 12:02
By Valerie Tarico ~ Religious conservatives want an exclusive right to dole out the privilege of sexual pleasure and intimacy on their own terms—and leave a lot of people out. Sexual i… Read More
2016-05-29 16:44
By Richard Zane Smith ~ There was a man and his wife who had two lovely daughters.He and his wife loved them both very much.He had just built a wooden canoe and he took his daughters out ont… Read More
2016-05-29 16:34
By John Draper ~ This chart comes from a study by Allen Downey, a computer scientist at the Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts. The two charts show the correlation between the rise… Read More
2016-05-29 16:24
By Carl S ~ Every Sunday morning, WizenedSage and I get together in the cafe to talk. (We don't think about the fact that the Enlightenment started from such meetings, but it's the same trad… Read More
2016-05-22 19:26
By Carl S ~ Do these words sound familiar?"You guys deny God and that Jesus is God, but you're fighting against what you know is true. You know in your hearts he's real, but you keep c… Read More
2016-05-15 13:45
By Irish Mark ~ I find that one of the best ways for me to go on in life, is to help others get over their struggles.Back in May 2012 I wrote an article called “Growing in strength as… Read More
2016-05-15 13:39
By Carl S ~ When my two children became teens, we all decided it was time for them to give away the stuffed animals of their childhoods. I enjoyed watching them pack up those characters and… Read More
2016-05-15 13:17
By Ben Love ~ We all go through periods of depression. All of us. It doesn’t matter what we believe or where we’re from. Both Nietzsche and the Buddha were correct: to live… Read More
2016-05-15 13:03
By John Draper ~ Religious folks are often heard to say God works in mysterious ways. Ironically, when they say that, they’re usually trying to explain away an instance in which God ap… Read More
2016-05-15 12:52
By Carl S ~ Usually, when tourists and summer residents to our state come around every summer, they move in a different mode and have a very different itinerary from us full time residents… Read More
2016-05-09 10:57
By Bennyboy1992 ~ English: People with Asperger's Syndrome are often preoccupied with particular, specialized areas of knowledge, such as this boy's interest in molecular structure. (Photo c… Read More
2016-05-08 19:17
Atheist-No-Symbol (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Ben Love ~ Having spent the better part of the last eighteen months writing intense essays documenting both the research and the personal exper… Read More
2016-05-08 17:42
By Carl S. ~ There's an old poem that goes like this: "For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, ‘It might have been.’” You have probably read of dying h… Read More
2016-05-01 12:14
By Ben Love ~ Okay, so God is supposed to be eternal. Right? Granted, none of us can really understand what “eternal” must be like, feel like, or look like. But one thing we do… Read More
2016-05-01 12:04
By Carl S ~ Constantine's conversion, by Rubens. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Once in a while, I stop at the library to take out a DVD film. When reading the plots on the jackets, I keep n… Read More
2016-05-01 11:51
By Irish Mark ~ I find that one of the best ways for me to go on in life, is to help others get over their struggles.Back in May 2012 I wrote an article called “Growing in strength as… Read More
2016-05-01 11:38
Holy Trinity by Fridolin Leiber (1853–1912) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)By Toonforever ~ A year or two back, a friend of mine (also an atheist, but without the indoctrination history I ha… Read More
2016-05-01 11:26
By Valerie Tarico ~ I’ve never been happier since I quit my 30-year addiction to Jesus.” – A Former BelieverTo a medical researcher, the word addiction has a specific biolo… Read More
2016-04-23 21:56
By kucingnoire ~ H i Dad.First off, I'd like to say that I really appreciated our talks when I was home. For maybe the first time in my life, I felt like you really heard me. It's a credit t… Read More
2016-04-23 21:47
By Ben Love ~ “In each of us, two natures are at war—the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies… Read More
2016-04-23 21:36
By Carl S ~ Let's talk about fundamentalists in every religion, since they have, well, fundamental traits in common. Fundamentalists insist that "God has a purpose for everything," and most… Read More
2016-04-23 21:32
By Carl S ~ What if we accept the premise that there is no god when we discuss evils enacted by humans?"God" is useful for rationalizing many acts of evil, and an excuse for avoiding persona… Read More
2016-04-23 21:26
By Anne Keye ~ The other day I came to a funny realisation whilst talking to a recently de converted christian lady. We were laughing at the concept of hell that seems to scare so many beli… Read More
2016-04-17 12:16
By Jack Boxer ~ So I was about 11 I think when I realized god couldn't possibly exist. I just could not longer bring myself to the constant bouts of paranoia, depression and self-inflicted p… Read More
2016-04-17 12:06
By John Draper ~ For hundreds of years, learned folks have struggled over the dichotomous picture of God presented in the Old and New testaments: Angry God, Loving God. Could you see the Pri… Read More
2016-04-17 11:56
By Carl S ~ Notes! I have notes of importance to write about lying around, from every which way to never. Like musical notes looking for a melodic format, they haven't found their longer ext… Read More
2016-04-09 14:40
By Carl S ~ Have you thought about the incompatibility between what clerics and other Christian-morality figureheads preach and their private behavior? Since access to information of c… Read More
2016-04-09 14:17
By Carl S ~ Compassion: Deep awareness of the suffering of another. Sympathy. Tenderness. Empathy.Something that rankles me is the fundamentalist attitude of "Tough S**t" for the misfortunes… Read More
2016-04-02 13:11
By Bullwinkle ~ I'm going to check this out. Your site disclaimer encourages people to have an open mind....so we'll see.I am a Christian, 25yrs now. Don't know if I would have ever started… Read More
2016-04-02 12:54
By John Draper ~ Back when I was religious, I couldn’t get enough of the Bible. Its mysteries just prodded me to dig deeper. Soon enough, I found a series of books put out by one of t… Read More
2016-04-02 12:48
By Carl S. ~ Religions are parasites on societies, involved in their own survival and perpetuation. As such, they are anti-democracy. They will and do support any type government which is no… Read More
2016-04-02 12:35
by AstrejaYes, we’ve heard these before: “Even if God appeared right before you, you wouldn’t believe.”“You just want to sin.""I used to be {a drug addict… Read More
2016-03-20 20:02
By Grace ~ I was raised having to go to church every Sunday, mostly catholic church although on Saturdays mom would make us also go to a Christian church just so she could have free time fro… Read More
2016-03-20 20:02
By John Draper ~ A gay Christian friend of mine likes to point out that Jesus never said a single word one way or the other about homosexuality—this by way of suggesting that Jesus wou… Read More
2016-03-20 20:01
By Tim Weston ~ The following is an excerpt from Tim Weston's book, Heaven, Hell and Hillsong. Chapter 4 – CHERYL’S STORYCheryl Fisk was born into the Revival Centres. Both… Read More
2016-03-20 20:00
By Carl S ~ For years, the big question was, "What were you doing on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated?" Everybody who was asked that question remembered.Detail of The School of Athen… Read More
2016-03-20 20:00
By Carl S ~ Anyone familiar with the TV series "The Big Bang Theory" will recognize this question as coming from its character, Dr. Sheldon Cooper, the genius who has trouble relating with u… Read More
2016-03-20 19:59
By Carl S ~ There are millions of hucksters selling products promising eternal life to "souls." Christian salesmen are the worst, because they tell people eternal life is granted through the… Read More
2016-03-20 19:59
By Carl S ~ Some explanations an individual will give for believing: "I feel God's presence in my heart." And: "Millions believe as I do." One time, I pointed out how one cleric told me I w… Read More
2016-03-20 19:59
By John Draper ~ All religions have scripture, the word of God funneled through specific men. Which, when you think about it, it’s an admission that God doesn’t speak t… Read More
2016-03-20 19:59
By Valerie Tarico ~ The Evangelical “brand” has gone from being an asset to a liability, and it is helpful to understand the transition in precisely those terms."Back before 9/… Read More
2016-03-20 19:55
The Recovering from Religion Conference is April 6-9 in Minneapolis, MN. Awareness about religious harm and recovery is growing, and this entire conference will be devoted to the subject. Co… Read More
2016-03-20 19:46
By Tess ~ If you told me two years ago that how someone that loves God so much can one day lose their faith in Christianity, I would have thought that would be impossible.... 2 years later… Read More
2016-03-20 19:41
By Carl S ~ Have you thought of removing the words, "so help me, God" in ending the oath witnesses and defendants take after swearing to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the… Read More
2016-03-20 19:34
by WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ In our regular Sunday morning meetings of the “Church of the Angry Apostates,” Carl S. and I have found ourselves repeatedly coming back to an inter… Read More
2016-03-13 20:44
By John Draper ~ I have this friend, a gay man struggling to come to terms with the fundamentalist Baptist religion he was raised in. He insists that he is a Red-Letter Christian. His point… Read More
2016-03-13 20:43
Our Senior Year is a novel about high school, growing up in a small town, and how it's tough to escape that world. But it's also about dealing with religion in your life and how in a small-t… Read More
2016-03-13 20:43
By Sara B ~ My father was a fundie speaking in tongues preacher. My mother was mentally ill. I experienced being beaten by a belt since the age of 2. Belts were normal to beat children with… Read More
2016-03-13 20:43
By Valerie Tarico ~ I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty. ~John WatersThe Catholic hierarchy is obsessed with sex: who does it, when, how, with whom, and for what p… Read More
2016-03-13 20:41
By Tina Rae Collins ~ My name is Christi. I worship the god Hewhay and have faith in his son Auhsey, my savior. Auhsey loves me and has promised to marry me soon. Since he is royalty, I'll b… Read More
2016-03-06 13:56
By Anthony ~The following is an excerpt from my book, The Evangelical Experience: Understanding One of America's Largest Religious Movements from the Inside. In it, I document my de-convers… Read More
2016-03-06 13:55
By Carl S ~ There is an old movie about the war between the Crusaders and the Muslims. In one scene, a king was demonstrating to a Muslim leader just how strong his knights’ swords wer… Read More
2016-03-06 13:55
By Carl S ~ Some readers might find your acerbic style to be off-putting. My friend prefers a logical, non-offensive tack while seeing the necessity of your approach. I welcome your in… Read More
2016-02-28 15:28
By Carl S ~ If you believe anything in the Old Testament, one of the evils of a non-Israelite religion was sacrificing children to a god. But the Israelites killed the children of thei… Read More
2016-02-28 15:28
By Carl S ~ Ecstasy of Saint TeresaThe 16th century Spanish saint and mystic Teresa of Avila wrote of her intense experience when she was “pierced by the grace of God." Her church call… Read More
2016-02-28 15:28
By Carl S ~ Let us pray. Dear God we thank thee for those who have died in wars for our freedoms. We thank thee especially for the deaths of gay and lesbian members of our armed forces, as w… Read More
2016-02-28 15:28
By Carl S ~ So you want to understand this "God" everybody is talking about. You know people who have a "personal" relationship with him, who tell you this is what he desires: a personal rel… Read More
2016-02-21 21:09
By Tina Rae Collins ~ For one reason or another, some people are incapable of making wise decisions. We understand that and overlook the imperfections of those whose brains are immature or… Read More
2016-02-21 21:08
By Zeteothink ~ Having been raised by Baptist Missionary parents I was indoctrinated into fundamentalism since birth. Being African-American I was surrounded by a Theist community as well. L… Read More
2016-02-21 21:08
By Valerie Tarico ~ Don't want a therapist who thinks the solution to your depression is Jesus? Here’s some advice from clinical psychologist, Dr. Caleb Lack.More Americans than ever a… Read More
2016-02-15 20:44
By Carl S ~ Great discoveries that have changed our understanding of the world: Evolution, chemistry, electricity, and... psychiatry. Each has also contributed to our understanding of oursel… Read More
2016-02-15 20:44
By Emily ~ I'm 19 years old and have attended an Anglican church all my life, having been bought up in a Christian family. Honestly, being part of a church has almost always been an enjoyabl… Read More
2016-02-07 17:40
By Klym ~ I am sitting here typing on my keyboard with only my left, non-dominant hand. It's quite a challenge, I must admit, after spending sixty years using my right hand to do most everyt… Read More
2016-02-07 17:39
By RJ ~ When I try to explain to others how deeply indoctrinated I was in the Christian faith as a child, I usually say my family was about a half step below Jesus Camp. There was no speakin… Read More
2016-01-31 14:30
By Carl S ~ Thought to ponder today: One of the major delusions mankind suffers from is the belief that faith is virtue.Have you or someone you know suffered from anxiety, irrational fears… Read More
2016-01-31 14:29
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ Recently, out of curiosity, I Googled, “Why are there no miracles anymore?” I wanted to know how Christian bloggers would handle this question. I fo… Read More
2016-01-24 17:50
By Cecelia ~ Now that I am free of religion and church, I look back and wonder why I allowed myself to be so controlled by both.I am definitely not a leader but neither am I a blind follower… Read More
2016-01-24 17:49
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ This past Sunday, at our local book store café “church of the non-believers” meetup, my friend Carl S. gave me a flyer which just blew me awa… Read More
2016-01-24 17:49
By Carl S ~ You'd think that being yourself would be a simple thing to do. You'd expect others would gracefully accept you as yourself. You're not insane, bossy, or rude, and you're harmless… Read More
2016-01-24 17:49
By Jenniferg ~ A couple of weeks ago, on You Tube, I stumbled upon a beautiful,articulate woman, D.M. Murdock (also known as Acharya S.) mythicist, scholar, anthropologist,archeologist and w… Read More
2016-01-17 17:39
By Steve Dustcircle ~ People are people, and events happen. There is nothing you change or prevent, within reason. You accept people how they are, and hope that they will choose on their own… Read More
2016-01-17 17:38
By Ben Love ~ When, in my dialogues with Christians, they run out of ways to defend the Bible, their tactics will often switch to prayer. “I know God is real,” they will say, &ld&hell…Read More
2016-01-17 17:37
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ This is written primarily for Christian visitors to this site. Its message will be old hat to most ex-Christians, but may be something of a surprise to those Ch… Read More
2016-01-17 17:37
Buy Kay ~ There was a murder last night and I believe Christianity is responsible.As of this moment it's December 16th of 2015, and last night my mother told me a former student of hers was… Read More
2016-01-17 17:36
By Steve Dustcircle ~ Growing up as a Christian in various worship forms and levels of dedication, leaving all that I know behind wasn't easy. It was not unlike going through a breakup, or e… Read More
2016-01-17 17:34
By Carl S ~ Listen up ye rotten sinners; now hear the word of the Lord:The lesson for today is from Luke Ch. 18, v. 10-12. "Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a priest and the ot… Read More
2016-01-10 20:14
TheNandoLife ~ A few months ago I posted my coming-out video on YouTube and Facebook as both an Atheist and Gay. It was a very polarizing day for me. It was very stressful, to the point that… Read More
2016-01-10 20:13
By Carl S. ~ For eons, members of primitive, therefore superstitious societies, behaved like little children on a playground. Children can be cruel when they feel they're being treated unfai… Read More
2016-01-10 20:13
By Valerie Tarico ~ Guess who has been calling Christmas a pagan holiday for the last 500 years? Christians. If it feels like the “War on Christmas” is getting really old, it is… Read More
2016-01-10 20:13
By Steve Dustcircle ~ My wife and I don't have kids, but the topic eventually comes up in a hypothetical sense: Would we tell our children about Santa Claus? We both are in agreement:&n&hell…Read More
2016-01-03 13:21
By Steve Dustcircle ~ While the most frustrating thing about being an ATHEIST is unlearning a lot of fallacies and myths, there are a few good reasons to have come out of a religious upbring… Read More
2016-01-03 13:21
By Amalia ~ I have never written about this publicly before, but 20 years of hindsight makes it easier.I am 40 years old and left the church when I left my parents home at 17. Looking bac… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By Ben Love ~ A few days ago, I went in to my local Barnes and Noble bookstore, a place where I’ve spent many a happy day whiling the hours away engrossed in one book or another. But t… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By Carl S ~ CNN Headline News features a program named "Forensic Files." These are actual cases involving the forensic solving of crimes. Sometimes the evidence seems to offer conflict… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By WizenedSage (Galen Rose) ~ I believe the most important test we can perform to verify the existence of any candidate god is to ask whether that god makes sense. Yes, this is a theme I hav… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By Lindsay ~ It's been refreshing to read that there are people out there that know how it is when you leave something that has controlled your thoughts, lifestyle, finances and belief in yo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By doubtfulagnostic ~ For the first 15 years of my life, I was a devout Christian, mainly due to my dozens of insanely religious relatives. It wasn't until my zoology class in high school th… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By Valerie Tarico ~ Calvinist super-star Mark Driscoll is the iconic figure at the heart of a church empire that spans five states and fifteen locations. Founder of the Mars Hill franchise… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By Baby Steps ~ Words cannot express how excited I am that I've come across this website!! I have been dealing with so much over the last few months, and it is so refreshing to see that a lo… Read More
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