Kevin Saldanha
Name: Kevin Saldanha Born: January, 23rd, 1957 in Nakuru, Kenya Location: Mississauga, ON. Canada L5M 5N5 Organization affiliation: Halton-Peel Humanist Community, Humanist Canada Label: F.A.I.T.H.FUL (Freethinking Atheist Inspired to Humanism) Former Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic From Roman Catholicism to Secular Humanism By Kevin Saldanha, DVM, BVS&AH, MVSc Mississauga, Ontario I have been a companion animal veterinarian for more than 30 years and a practicing Roman Catholic for most of my life until about 10 years ago. My journey away from Catholicism and organized...
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Name: Filippo (Fil) A. Salustri Born: 24 Oct 1961 Location: Toronto, Canada Organization Affiliation: Ryerson University Label: anti-theist Former religion affiliation: roman catholic My Story I’m Fil Salustri, and I’m atheist. (Well, actually, I’m anti-theist, but I’ll get to that later.) And now as I close in on 50 years of age, I finally realize that not only have I been atheist my whole life, but I doubt I could have been otherwise. I’m writing this because I feel compelled to try to make things better on this pale blue dot. Some will disagree with...
Read MoreEnrique Miller
Name: Miller, Enrique Born: 1984 Location: Katy, Texas Organization affiliation: Human Label: Atheist, Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Roman Catholic, then Agnostic, Now Atheist. My Story My mom used to tell me about going to the old Catholic cathedrals in Mexico where the Priest still gave the Mass in Latin. She described sitting, then kneeling, then sitting again for over two hours while she was a young girl. She attempted to listen to the echoing, unintelligible droning coming from the pulpit, but ended up doing what most children do when bombarded by something they have...
Read MoreZachary Moore
Name: Zachary Moore Born: 1979 Location: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas Organization Affiliation: Fellowship of Freethought Dallas Camp Quest Texas Dallas/Fort Worth Coalition of Reason Foundation Beyond Belief Label: Freethinker Former Religious Affiliation(s): Reformed Baptist, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic My Story: I was raised in a loving, supportive Christian family. My mother and father raised me and my two younger brothers to know and love God, attend church regularly, and read the Bible. Although religion wasn’t the most important thing in our family, I knew that it was an important...
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...
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