tonyman1989 Forum Master


Joined: 07 Mar 2007 Posts: 2461 Local time: 12:07 PM Location: I was hoping you could tell me.
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Allow myself to introduce.....myself |
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| Sandra wrote: | Hi, I'm Sandra, and I'm <gulp> an atheist.
I was an fundamentalist/evangelical Christian for 43 yrs. I was a reluctant one early in life; then backslid; then got "sucked into" the evangelical movement via Christian radio after I had my first child at age 30. I would say it took me about 5 years to deconvert, and I didn't know it was happening until it was well under way. Anyway, I'm so glad I figured out the big, fat lie; just wish I'd done it sooner, I was so close, so many times between the ages of 10 and 17. That's probably why there's such a "push" to indoctrinate kids at that age.
I found the Infidel Guy Show recently and I love it! I was very surprised and please to find that there are so many atheists out there even if there are none (that I know of) in my community. When "it" first happened to me I thought I must be the only one. |
hello, welcome and congrats _________________ "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for a reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." Albert Einstein
"For then we will know the mind of God." Stephen Hawking
"We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes." Richard Dawkins
http://www.atheistforums.com/weblog.php?w=22 Tonyman1989 blog's - updated on 8/28/07 - An interview of steven weinberg on religion |
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