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A Life Without God

I’ve mentioned that I feel like my life is better since leaving Christianity, but I want to talk more about why. It’s not that anything has changed in my behavior, really.  Now that I am free from the watchful eye … Continue reading

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A Season of Change

This weekend, we finally got some nice fall weather.  After a record-breakingly hot summer, it is even more welcome than usual. With the arrival of fall, I can’t help but think back to this time last year, when I my … Continue reading

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On Morality Without God & Telling Christians You’re an Atheist

Over at Pharyngula, PZ Myers had a post highlighting a comment he received from a Christian, who is beginning to doubt his faith.  Since the process of leaving Christianity is still fresh in my mind, and in many ways I … Continue reading

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I Am an Atheist

So, things in my life have settled down.  Having a crisis of sorts was a good test of my unbelief.  It gave me a change to really see if I still believed in god.  I don’t. Let’s compare what I … Continue reading

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How I Know Everything Will Work Out

Life, as she is wont to do, just sucker-punched me in the gut.  Today has been one of those days of just trying to get my bearings and figure out where the hell to go from here. In other words, … Continue reading

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Random Thought

This morning, I was driving and there was a car in front of me with a Brian Dubie sticker, an “I ♥ my wife” Promise Keepers sticker, and a sticker for “The Light 91.5.” For those of you out of … Continue reading

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Prayer vs. Action

This morning, one of my Christian facebook friends* posted a prayer request.  It was about a court hearing and she wanted people to pray that the judge would see the truth and have wisdom, or something like that. Coincidentally, a … Continue reading

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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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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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