Growing up, Waking up, now living without beliefs
As an atheist who’s been married for nearly forty years — and a non-believer for more than twenty-five of them — I find it curious how often people of faith insist that a long marriage is impossible without God. I walked out of church services for the last time roughly thirty years ago and never... Continue Reading →
If you grew up religious like I did, chances are you already have a picture in your head of what an atheist looks like.It’s not something most people consciously choose. It just sort of forms—through sermons, conversations, cautionary tales, and the occasional loudmouth online who seems eager to confirm every bad assumption. For a long... Continue Reading →
(Spoiler: It’s Boring) If your mental picture of an atheist includes anger, black clothing, constant arguments, or a bookshelf organized alphabetically by anti-religious authors, I’m about to disappoint you. An ordinary atheist looks like… me. And I’m painfully average. I don’t wake up every morning celebrating the absence of God. There’s no ritual. No moment... Continue Reading →