Erin Veltre – A Collaboration of Rational Minds
Name: Erin Veltre Born: 1982 Location: Missouri Organization affilitation: A Collaboration of Rational Minds Label: Atheist Former Religious Affiliation: Baptist My story: I was raised to believe in god and I was a very devout christian through most of my youth and early adulthood. Beginning in my late teens and early twenties, I started to study the bible in more depth than I had before. As a result of this, I realized that even if god truly did exist, I would never want to serve him. It took me a while to understand why it was important to “come out” and be open about my...
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Name: Chad Matise Born: 1982 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Organization affiliation: New Orleans Secular Humanist Association, American Atheists Label: Atheist & Secular Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Catholic, Methodist My Atheism I was baptized when I was a baby at a Catholic church. Besides that I rarely went to church. I considered my dad and mom non-practicing Catholics, at that time. When I did go to church it was with my grandmother. So, I just believed because that is what I was told and never thought to question it. When I was ten my mom and dad...
Read MoreShane O’Connor
Name: Shane O’Connor Born: 1982 Location: Ulster, Ireland Organization: YouTuber Label: Atheist, Humanist, Secularist, Skeptic. Former Religion: Catholicism My Story: As I became more enamoured by science throughout my teenage years, more and more of what I had been raised to believe crumbled under the weight of it’s own absurdity. One day I asked myself, “Do I believe this because it’s likely to be true or because I want it to be true?” As soon as I was able to give myself an honest answer I became an...
Read MoreKristen Kramer – Mom, Blogger, and activist
Name:Kristen Kramer Born: February 1982 Location: Ephrata, Pa Label: Atheist Website: http://kristenmomof3.xanga.com/ Former Religious Affiliation:Christian Even went to Mennonite school. Very conservative. About Me: My journey to leaving Christianity behind has been taken by some to be a short process but the reality of it has been more, in my opinion, of a long drawn out process and this explanation will probably be longer than you probably intended an answer. But I want to give you the best answer I can so you understand. The reality is when I started I really had no intention of...
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