"This thing is awesomely fun to watch. : )"

"Meetup.com has saved my ass here in Missouri, since I am new here and don't know the area. I have found a ton of rationalist/skeptic/freethinker groups that are in my area that I intend to try out at some point. I also found a singles group…"

"Greetings, new to the group. I can safely say I would not... I dated several Christians in college, one for about two years and was engaged to him about four months. It was fine, until he started seminary and had to meet a soul-saving quota. I…"

"Welcome Michelle! I don't think anything is too long in Introductions. I came here to meet people (hoping that many will turn out to be off-line friends, too), so I appreciate it when people (such as yourself) are willing to put themselves out…"

"Thought I'd jump in on this as well. I have discussed a little bit of my deconversion in my intro (well okay, a lot) and I wanted to fill in a few gaps. As mentioned, I was raised Lutheran and by a moderately religious family. Mom and Dad…"

"I really do think going to seminary had something to do with it. It was a VERY conservative Southern Baptist seminary, and when someone is drilling into your head four or five hours a day that you have to be the perfect person, and that your spouse…"

"Welcome aboard Michelle, Your story sounds familiar. The swarm descends and the prey is left dizzy. Although I've been an atheist as long as I've been around, I've seen and experience this type of swarm mentality that you describe…"