Teresa MacBain – Public Relations Director, American Atheists
Name: Teresa MacBain Born: 1967 Location: Cranford, New Jersey Organization Affiliation: American Atheists (AA), The Clergy Project- Executive Director, Humanists of Florida Label: Atheist, Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Methodist Teresa MacBain is a former Methodist Pastor from Tallahassee, FL. In March of 2012 at the American Atheist Convention she came out as an atheist. She was met with a lot of backlash, death threats, and hateful comments. But her husband and son kept their heads up and moved to New Jersey for her new job as the Public Relations Director at American...
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Name: Kris Leeds Born: 1978 Location: Philadelphia, PA Organization affiliation: GSHM, UAA, WAA Label: Atheist, Antitheist, Humanist, Secularist, Constitutionalist (Yes, I just made that up, feel free to ask me about it). Former Religious Affiliation: I’ve been Catholic, Protestant, Presbyterian, and Methodist (None of them made sense). Letting Go of God It seems like a lot of people are having trouble with this for some reason, so here’s the thin: I’m an atheist. I’ll let you recover from that shock for a moment, and let that sink in … Good? Okay....
Read MoreJosh Helton
Name - Josh Helton Born – 1980 Location – Hays, KS Label – Atheist Former Affiliation – Methodist My Story I was brought up in a Methodist household, going to church most every Sunday as long as I can remember. I came from a small town (roughly 1500-2000 people), and almost everybody there went to one of the many churches there. I was intrigued by the stories, but never once truly believed in them. I felt like there was something wrong with me for the longest time. I thought that there was something missing in my mind, that I was defective somehow for not believing. I...
Read MoreJD aka James
Name: JD, James Born: 1980 Location: U.S. Label: Atheist Former Religious Affiliation: I was raised a Christian in the Methodist church and stayed there until the end of high school. My Story I don’t say “atheist” because I know. I say it because I want to understand things as they are, not as some soothsayer foretold they would be, or old bearded theologian reckoned they should be, or even how some god may will them to be. Billions of beings are expressing, through whatever means they’re given, their unique angles on this grand evolutionary experiment and I would...
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...
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