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Brittany Shoots-Reinhard replied to nomesaffron's discussion All Sin is equal ...said God? (Anthony Trial)

"Unrelated to the trial, but everyone thinks God thinks what they think. Social scientists have found correlations between beliefs of God and individuals, and if you change an individual's beliefs, it also changes what he or she thinks God…"

Jul 7, 2011

Brittany Shoots-Reinhard replied to Valles Marineris's discussion Childhood beliefs...Stupid tradition or age of innocence?

"Me, too! The fun parts of Easter (the eggs, bunnies, candy, spring, etc. part) and Christmas (essentially every single thing except the nativity and being dragged to a religious service) are entirely secular. BTW, I could go on and on…"

Jul 1, 2011

Brittany Shoots-Reinhard liked Dale McGowan's group Foundation Beyond Belief (Official)

Jul 1, 2011

Brittany Shoots-Reinhard replied to mojo5501's discussion Home Schooling

"I'm considering homeschooling my own children because I am a better teacher than many, many of the ones I had in school. I think that kids can be better educated at home, depending on the quality of the teacher and the temperament of the…"

Jul 1, 2011

Brittany Shoots-Reinhard replied to Scott's discussion How to "drop hints"

"My husband's family is Catholic (my MIL goes to church more than just one time a week, my SIL is a Catholic blogger and before that was the church administrator, and the whole family is EXTREMELY active in the church). Perhaps the dynamic…"

Jul 1, 2011

Brittany Shoots-Reinhard replied to Valles Marineris's discussion Childhood beliefs...Stupid tradition or age of innocence?

"I wasn't angry or anyting when I found out, although I did not do a good job keeping the truth from my little brother. I actually started questioning religion as a result of Santa and the rest being lies, which isn't likely to happen…"

Jun 26, 2011

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About Me: I'm an atheist and a humanist. I study social psychology (science of social behavior and interactions) and judgment/decision making at Ohio State, which has informed my beliefs to a large extent. My experience is different from many other atheists, because my family (even my VERY Catholic in-laws) and friends don't seem to mind. In fact, my sister-in-law is a fairly well known Catholic women's blogger and author and I did a series of guest blogs about being atheist on her blog. The kind of experience I've had, even with the very religious is overwhelmingly positive. I think that people are mostly good and have similar values; there's not much difference between religious and not religious except in belief. Everyone makes decision errors and has irrational beliefs, religion is a particularly common one.

School/College/University: Ohio State University: '06 BS, '08 MA

Profession: research/teaching assistant, PhD candidate

Age Group: 22-30

City and State (For Member Searching): Columbus, OH

Country (For Member Searching): United States

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At 6:18pm on June 25, 2011, Dr. Terence Meaden said…: Hi Brittany, and welcome to this rational world of Internet atheism--- a haven of truth and peace from the superstitions and fictional god of the masses.

"Well-founded common sense leads to the wisdom that is humanism and atheism."

We invite you to make good friends by joining the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with nearly 500 discussion topics and 2780 members.

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At 2:26pm on June 25, 2011, Ken said…: Hello and welcome to the Atheist Nexus. We are very glad to have you with us.

At 6:37am on June 23, 2011, Brent Feeney said…: Welcome aboard! =) Hope this finds you doing well...

At 12:30pm on June 22, 2011, Ruth Anthony-Gardner said…: Welcome, Brittany! Glad you could join us. :D

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