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Recovering from Religion

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Unless you were raised by atheist parents, you probably had some recovering to do when you left religion. The purpose of RR is to provide a landing place for people when they jump from religion. With local support groups throughout the US, Canada, UK, and Australia, and real-time resources accessible to everyone, RR is where to turn when faith has lost its luster.

Website: http://www.recoveringfromreligion.org
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Has it Been Easy for Anyone?

Started by Nathan Hevenstone. Last reply by Loren Miller on Thursday. 8 Replies 0 Likes

I wonder if anyone who's gone from faith to non-faith has done it relatively easily? I ask because, for me, it's not really been that tumultuous. I guess it has a lot to do with my upbringing. Despite my family being really religious, it has also…Continue

Anyone still deal with anything like this?

Started by Starland Victor Seay. Last reply by blue pashmina on Thursday. 24 Replies 0 Likes

One thing I have noticed is a tendency to "doubt" my new path in life. I still want to reach for the Bible sometimes. I still hesitate somewhat when someone mentions Pascal's "Wager"...LOL! Even though I know that science teaches this and that no…Continue

Walking Away

Started by CD Free. Last reply by Diana May 2. 9 Replies 0 Likes

I'm guessing many here walked away from one religion or another. What religion did you walk away from? Did you look at other religions, if so what ones? What made you settle on Atheism?Continue

Maintaining family ties

Started by Diana. Last reply by jon taylor Apr 30. 11 Replies 1 Like

I was adopted into a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist pastor's family. My parents loved me and I enjoyed a happy and secure childhood. Although I felt disappointed that I couldn't take dancing lessons, be involved with local theater or…Continue

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Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 1:25pm: You're very welcome. Remember: Laugh. Let the theists argue. The burden of proof is on them, not us.

Comment by Shelby Fisher on June 15, 2010 at 9:41am: Thanks, Joey. I really enjoyed the song. Talk to you soon.

Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 9:38am: i have yard work to do (yuck) and I'll check back in later. Shelby, we have a great community of decent, loving, caring human beings. Atheism, I'm finding, becomes easier as you embrace it, investigate it, talk about it with other non-believers and less polarizing when we do to religion only what it deserves: point and laugh. Enjoy the songs. We'll talk some more.
j.

Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 9:34am: enjoy.

Comment by Shelby Fisher on June 15, 2010 at 9:28am: I'm listening to it now

Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 9:24am: I'm sorry, "white wine in the sun" contains the reference to Dawkins/Tutu.

Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 9:16am: Here's "confessions"

Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 9:14am: watch the whole slew of Minchin's songs. He's funny, gentle, smart and quite the talent. A combination that is lethal to myth-keepers.

Here's a great song that synthesizes what it means to be a humanist. Notice his gentle takedown of worshipping a "dead palestinian" and in the song "confessions" he would "rather break bread with Dawkins than Desmond Tutu.'. He's a great example of how to defuse the bomb of discussing the inanity of the religious while simultaneously setting it off...... without collateral damage.

Comment by joeyess on June 15, 2010 at 9:08am: I find myself doing the same thing. Here's a little help.

Comment by Shelby Fisher on June 15, 2010 at 9:05am: I agree with your humor suggestion. It seems to me that I waste my time and am feeding in to a part of me that wants to dominate, regardless of my actual caring about the other persons beliefs. I do hope that I'm aiding, sometimes I'm just being aggressive.