The TN Atheist site has not been updated because I have been spending some time reflecting and have decided to turn from my sinful, blasphemous ways and get right with Christ.
Just kidding, I feel a little crazy and out of touch with reality just joking about it. No I haven’t lost my mind and been converted. [...]
The TN Atheist About Me
As an atheist living in Tennessee I find myself discussing my lack of beliefs with Christians I have known most of my life. After an initial shock these believers are usually intrigued and have many questions about my views on various topics that their religious dogma answers for them. One of the most common questions [...]
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The bible belt is chock full of young earth creationists and the state of Tennessee is no exception. Some rational people with a basic understanding of modern science might feel this statement is exaggerated and find it hard to accept the notion that some people really do believe the universe was created in only 7 [...]
The TN Atheist About Me, bible belt, Christianity, creationism, evolution, lunch, Tennessee
As a skeptical person who embraces reason, nothing is more troubling than having a spouse that is truly scared of the dark. I discussed in a previous article how my wife is a moderate christian. What frustrates me far beyond her christian faith is her superstitious nature and irrational beliefs in the supernatural. She openly [...]
The TN Atheist About Me, irrational fear
Living in the bible belt I come in contact with all flavours of christians from the most extreme followers to those that only use the label. Being surrounded by believers can be quite annoying and disheartening sometimes especially when being married to one. My wife is a moderate christian meaning she pretty much straddles the [...]
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Realizing I’m an Atheist
This is the Third and final instalment of a three article series on my personal path to atheism. It might be beneficial to read the first article My Path to Atheism Part 1: Indoctrination into Christianity and My Path to Atheism Part 2: Thinking for Myself before this part if you haven’t [...]
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Thinking for Myself
This is the second installment of a multiple article series on my personal path to atheism. It might be beneficial to read the first article My Path to Atheism Part 1: Indoctrination into Christianity before this one if you haven’t already. In this next article I discuss starting to think for myself and [...]
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My Indoctrination into Christianity
This is the first instalment of a multiple article series on my personal path to atheism. In this article I describe growing up and being indoctrinated into christianity.
When I was a child I believed in childish things. Like everyone before the age of 10 my parents were the authority on everything [...]
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