I finished watching the extended director's cut of Blatty's The Exorcist.  

Rather than continue searching, I have started a group called Exorcism Survivors.  I hope others who have suffered the rite of exorcism and/or deliverance at the hands of Christians...or, worse yet, have participated in the rite of exorcism as the exorcist...can come together and share experiences.  I don't know what the approval process for a group on Atheist Nexus entails.…

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I'm sitting here listening to Tift Merritt...surfer girl out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina in the US of A and one of the best in Country Alternative...voice like Dusty Springfield one review of her work commented. Her "Good Hearted Man" is an anthem for every woman who is tired of dating bad boys and losers and is ready to grow up. If you don't know her work, look it up. I think you'll like her unless you're one of these people who is prejudiced against country music. In that case, to quote…

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This week's Living After Faith podcast (episode 37) Pentecostal Infection Techniques is an excellent and revealing interview with Rich Lyons about the techniques the Pentecostals use to infect people. I loved it. http://livingafterfaith.blogspot.com/

 

According to an article, by Nick Rees, in The Daily Telegraph, the Catholic Church conducted a conference in Rome to combat the dangers of…

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I originally posted this story on the Think Atheist website (another atheist community); but since I found Atheist Nexus, I thought it would be nice to mirror it here as well. I just wanted to share a little bit about my experiences growing up and general background with religion to give everyone a chance to know me a little better.



I grew up going to Pentecostal churches. The earliest church I remember from my childhood burned to the ground sometime around the age of 5 or 6. I don’t… Continue