McSkeptic

Hi Catherine and Lynne!

I lived in VB (Kempsville area) from May 2010 to July 2013. Before I became an atheist I actually applied for a job at A.R.E. (LOL), went through two interviews and testing for a sales position. VB is ground zero for all sorts of crazy beliefs, that’s for sure!

Welcome Belle!

Separate threads for introductions are common on these types of forums (in my limited experience). I suppose one thread would become rather unwieldy quite qucikly.

-Mickey

GeekGirl,

The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is widely available, shouldn’t take long to find. Any decently stocked bookstore, brick or online, should have it. I consider it a must read for anyone who was raised to believe in anything supernatural, e.g., Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny (the gateway drugs to Jesus), the Tooth…[Read more]

Thanks!

-Mickey

Thanks Belle!

Originally from, and currently live in Michigan (and expect I will for the rest of my life), but lived in the Southwest (Phoenix, San Diego) for about 12 years, and the Northwest (San Juan Islands) for about 12 years. We get out to NM every couple of years for a few weeks at a time.

-Mickey

Screw free will — free donuts get my attention.

The founder of American Atheists was a woman, Madalyn Murray O’Hair.

Madalyn Murray O’Hair

American Atheists

In this society, women are held to a different standard than men — that is unfortunate. There are probably more derogatory words used to describe strong or outspoken women than for any other group. Those words have one use, and one use…[Read more]

As has been stated above, the Bible is all they’ve got and they’re 100 percent invested in it. If they dropped it, their lives would come crashing down around them, they’d have to pick up the pieces and start all over again — like so many of us that are here have done — otherwise known as growing up and facing the facts.

Former dedicated…[Read more]

For anyone who’s on a Mac: My case was the link not showing up in my Mac Mail app, but appeared in iCloud Mail.

P.S. I’m anti-theism, not necessarily anti-theist — except for those who try to force their religion upon us or otherwise act like asshats.