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Shannon's Blog – February 2011 Archive (2)

Coming Soon- The American Theocracy

The move toward American Theocracy by the empowered evangelical 'elite' in the US has made it almost impossible for an atheist or difficult for a non-christian to be elected to office.  Schools are having their curriculum undermined by creationist who wish to revise history, remove evolution from science, and prevent teaching sexual health and pregnancy prevention.  Atheist fear reprisals for not being christian and are often discriminated against at work, socially, and most especially in…

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Added by Shannon on February 15, 2011 at 10:57pm — 6 Comments

What 'made' you an Atheist?

What event, book, lecture, or insight 'made' you and atheist? HMM?

 

While he was sick with cancer my dad once cut my religious comments off by saying, "I don't believe in that stuff."   It was like a thunderclap at the very moment he said he didn't believe.  I no longer believed.  I had essentially been given permission to leave god.  I had flirted with it before but it was just too far a leap for me.  His moment of honesty gave me permission.  After watching my parents suffer…

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Added by Shannon on February 15, 2011 at 10:16pm — 14 Comments

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