Tomas Vogter
Name: Tomas Vogter Born: 1959 Location: : Copenhagen, Denmark Former affiliation: Catholic My Story I realized there probably were no gods when I was around 12. It took some years of thinking, testing and reasoning before I realized I was right. It was a slow process, but I ended up being an atheist and a skeptic, for the lack of any proof or evidence that god or any gods for that matter are real. I’m a social worker as I am a surplus human being and I see many that aren’t. This makes me want to do something with my life that influences others to get a better...
Read MoreRebecca Skinner – Australian Atheist
Name: Rebecca Skinner Born: 1974 Location: Northern Territory, Australia Label: Atheist Former Religious Affiliation: Catholic, Pagan, Generic Christian About Me: I have questioned my “faith” since the age of 14 and finally in my early 30s’ I stopped “letting go and letting god” and I “let go of god” and my life changed dramatically for the better. I’m a wife, a mother, a daughter, a friend, a human rights activist – a loving, caring, compassionate human being! I am a godless heathen and extremely proud of it. I encourage anybody who...
Read MoreChad Matise
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 MoreJoe Zamecki
Name: Joe Zamecki Born:1968 Location: Austin, Texas Organization Affiliation: American Atheists, Atheists Helping the Homeless, The Atheist Community of Austin Label: Atheist Former Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic About Me: I was born an Atheist, and then immediately indoctrinated in hard Roman Catholicism, including 9 years of Catholic schools where most of my teachers were nuns on mission from Ireland. After having done all that, I became convinced, slowly, that religion is a scam. I did a lot of research and patiently waited for the right time, and then I came out to the world...
Read MoreCayora Rue – Founder of Metro State College of Denver Atheists
Name: Cayora Rue Born: 1984 Location: Denver, Colorado Organization: None, currently, but I founded the atheist club at Metro State College of Denver. Label: Atheist Former Religious Affiliation: Catholic, sort of My Story I am an atheist. I no longer do a lot of activism, but I do try to be as out as possible. I’m an unusual atheist because I am a woman and I make dolls. But then, all my dolls are atheists too. I never really believed, although I was raised Catholic. Religion was this incomprehensible thing that adults did for no apparent reason. I remember spending a lot...
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