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Sylvester “Sly” Cotto

Posted by Amanda Brown on Sep 17, 2011 in Essays | 4 comments

Name: Sylvester “Sly” Cotto Age: 45 (1966) Location: NW Indiana, USA, originally from NYC, NY. Affiliations:Freedom From Religion Foundation, Member/ supporter, Military Religious Freedom Foundation supporter, ”Facebook activist” (haha) Label: Atheist, Secular Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Catholic, former Baptist My Story: Despite my religious upbringing, I don’t know that I ever truly believed that the stories in the Bible, especially in Genesis, were true. But this usually isn’t a problem for Catholics, many of whom follow church dogma...

Tim Martin

Posted by Amanda Brown on Aug 25, 2011 in Featured | 2 comments

Name: Martin, Tim Born: 1984 Location: New York, NY Label: Atheist Former Religious Affiliation: Catholic About me: My story is in my video. As for those who are trying to come out, be brave! It’s worth the effort if you can be honest with yourself and with...

Matthew Davis

Posted by Amanda Brown on Aug 23, 2011 in Featured | 2 comments

Name: Matthew Davis Born: 11 October 1979 Location: Syracuse NY Label: Secular Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Protestant Christian (Baptist, Pentecostal) About Me: I’m not an atheist by choice. I never decided to stop believing. How do we choose what our minds accept as true and what our minds reject as false? We don’t. I’m an atheist because I accept what my own mind tells me rather than what other people tell me. I reject religion for the same reason I reject 1 + 1 = 3. My mind rejects it because it simply doesn’t make sense. Anyone who uses blind...