James Underdown – Executive Director, CFI
Name: James Underdown Location: Los Angeles, CA Label: Skeptic, Freethinker, Atheist, Agnostic, & Secular Humanist Organization Affiliation: Center For Inquiry (CFI) About me: I am the Poet Laureate of Calumet City, IL. I once wrestled a bear. Appeared on Oprah to advocate sex before marriage. Once lifted 600 lbs off a weight rack. Founder, Independent Investigations Group. Survived 3 motorcycle crashes without major injury… and so much...
Read MoreKevin 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...
Read MoreStephen James
Name: Stephen James Born: July 20th 1985 Location: Southern California. Label: Atheist & Secular Humanist. Organization: Non-affiliated. Why it’s “Ok” to be an atheist, and why I do what I do. The religious institutions of the world have done a good job of painting Atheist and Secular Humanist as immoral and deviant conspirators out to destroy the fabric of society. We need more happy, intelligent, kind people to come out as non-believers to demonstrate that a lack of belief in God does not make someone evil. I believe that there is a need for an atheist visibility movement...
Read MoreSylvester “Sly” Cotto
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...
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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