Matthew Davis
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...
Read MoreNatalie Casanova
Name: Natalie Casanova Label: Atheist & Secular Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Catholic My Story We are all amazingly beautiful and manifold creatures living among our own wondrous world inside an immeasurable universe. I believe in the stupendous science and nature of our cosmos, but not that it was designed by an archaic figment of our predecessors’imagination. Some choose to fill the great void of the unknown with theistic explanations instead of factual research and habitually use these ideologies to justify harming others. To me, this is unacceptable, and that is why I...
Read MoreGordon Maples – Southeastern Collegiate Atheist Alliance
Name: Gordon Maples Born: 1989 Location: Alabama Organization affiliation: SECAA, Alabama Atheists and Agnostics Label: Atheist and Secular Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Methodist About Me: I am an atheist who was born and raised in Alabama in a conservative Christian family. I came out in high school to an initial negative reaction, but my family has come to peacefully accept my atheism over time. The relationships I have formed with fellow non-theists since coming out has enriched my life and led me to be a happier person in general. I hold coming out of the heathen...
Read MoreHeather Buchanan
Name: Heather Buchanan Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Organization affiliation: none Label: Secular Humanist About you: I’m a passionate and enthusiastic atheist. I started looking at my life before and after becoming an atheist, and I began to realize all the amazing positive changes that came from the simple act of leaving religion behind. My love for Jesus and passion for religion can’t begin to compare to the love and passion in my life now. When you base your life on reality and evidence, a lot of good can come of it. I’m excited about sharing these ideas, and...
Read MoreAdam Brown – AtheismResource.com
Adam Brown is the co-founder of AtheismResource.com and WeAreAtheism.com. Born: 1981 Location: Shawnee, KS; Grew up in Springfield, MO as a member of Assembly of God and various other protestant denominations. Email: atheismresource@gmail.com Organization Afilliation: DIrector of Fundraising/PR/Marketing for Kansas City Atheist Coalition (KCAC), Director of Marketing for Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics, Co-Founder of Atheismresource.com, co-owner of Voss Visuals, a graphic design and marketing studio for small businesses and secular organizations, and co-founder of...
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