Category Archives: Religion & Atheism

Life Without God, Eight Months Later

It’s been more than a month since I last posted about my non-belief.  I have been spending a lot of time really thinking about things and it was important for me to not blog about it.  Usually, I find writing … Continue reading

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Why I Left Christianity (Re-Explained)

It’s hard to talk about why I don’t believe in the Christian god anymore without it sounding like I left because it was too hard or I was upset that God didn’t fix all my problems and make my life … Continue reading

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The Power of… Thinking You Are Talking to Someone

The other day, I was having a really hard time with my oldest son.  On my way to an appointment (that he was supposed to be going to with me) I called my husband to rant.  I got his voicemail, … Continue reading

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Freedom from the Unattainable Standards of Christianity

This morning, I was thinking about how I am so much happier being free to be who I am, instead of always feeling like I need to check if it’s okay with God first. No matter what people say to … Continue reading

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Is Atheism a Religion?

I get google alerts about certain religious topics that I might want to blog about, including “atheism,” and I’ve noticed that a lot of people call atheism a religion.  I think that’s kind of funny, in both the “ha-ha” and … Continue reading

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Weak Atheism

I’ve realized lately that I am still really uncomfortable letting people know that I am an atheist.  I’m not sure why that is.  I think it’s probably just that it’s such a loaded word.  People bring with them so many … Continue reading

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An Atheist Doesn’t Love Life: My Response

I wrote this as a response in the comments of this post, but I was on such a roll that I thought it warranted its own post. Just because I don’t believe in god doesn’t mean I don’t believe life … Continue reading

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The Most Important Thing

When I did my post about how I stopped believing in god, I tried to focus on three main events that changed my thinking – realizing the power of the mind to convince us something is real, examining the logical … Continue reading

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First LOL of the Day

I haven’t been posting LOLs lately because I haven’t been doing much on the internet lately.  Seems we were struck by a series of nasty late-winter, early-spring viruses.  I started to feel better Friday, felt great Saturday, then was sick … Continue reading

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A Quick “Hi” and a Link

Hey, blog readers.  I’ve been trying to post at least weekly, so I thought I would pop in and say a quick “hi,” since I didn’t get a post finished yet. My three kids are all sick with the whiny … Continue reading

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