Welcome, Shelly! Glad you could join us. :D

Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also like Women Atheists, Female Atheists, No Nonsense and possibly Feminist Atheists.

I also recommend Eco-Logical and Climate Concerns, since the climate is changing so drastically.

After you've searched for topics of interest in "Groups" above and in the "Forums", don't forget to look at recent activity which hides along the right margin of the page all the way at the bottom.

On a personal note, I've developed an animated gif technique, sort of “pull quote marries slideshow”. Samples are scattered across various groups, but you can find them easily by going to my twitter account. Each tweet has a link (after the description and before the hashtags) to a visually rich example here at Atheist Nexus. If you like them, please follow me

RuthAnthonyGard

Welcome, Shelly.  I think theism is a matter of the intensive indoctrination people receive from an early age, the influence of families, fear of loss, wanting to fit in, etc.  For those of us who are so pragmatic and rational, it is difficult to understand.

Greetings! Welcome to the site!

Welcome aboard! =)  Hope you're doing well today...