Hello there! Thanks for the reminder email, I will indeed introduce myself and say hello.
I live in Hove and I run the Horsham Cell of Skeptics in the Pub. I have been atheist since I was 6 but I was subject to the Catholic education system all the way through my childhood. It wasn't too bad, but I remain an atheist.
I like engaging believers in conversations about their faith, as I am often more comfortable discussing it than they are. I ended up a bit sick of christians saying to me that I was basically missing something about their faith, or I didn't know enough about it. They'd even suggest that I went on the Alpha course, so I thought I'd might as well.
I have found it very interesting and I have had some excellent conversations with the believers on the course. I'm not interested in calling people stupid or foolish for believing in something they've been programmed to believe in, so it's been very friendly. I'd go so far as to say I look forward to it now.
This weekend, I went on the Alpha residential, hosted by Nicky Gumbel himself. It was pretty intense, but I remain atheist. The process has certainly aided my appreciation of why believers have faith, and what it does for their lives.
I am writing a blog all about it here if you're interested in my extended thoughts. Faithless Eye's Blog
Episode 4 will be up in a couple of days, and in a few weeks it'll get to the Residential Weekend episode, which, I promise you, will be very interesting for those who wonder about how it's possible for people to believe in gods despite all the reasons they shouldn't.
Looking forward to chatting with you all!
I live in Hove and I run the Horsham Cell of Skeptics in the Pub. I have been atheist since I was 6 but I was subject to the Catholic education system all the way through my childhood. It wasn't too bad, but I remain an atheist.
I like engaging believers in conversations about their faith, as I am often more comfortable discussing it than they are. I ended up a bit sick of christians saying to me that I was basically missing something about their faith, or I didn't know enough about it. They'd even suggest that I went on the Alpha course, so I thought I'd might as well.
I have found it very interesting and I have had some excellent conversations with the believers on the course. I'm not interested in calling people stupid or foolish for believing in something they've been programmed to believe in, so it's been very friendly. I'd go so far as to say I look forward to it now.
This weekend, I went on the Alpha residential, hosted by Nicky Gumbel himself. It was pretty intense, but I remain atheist. The process has certainly aided my appreciation of why believers have faith, and what it does for their lives.
I am writing a blog all about it here if you're interested in my extended thoughts. Faithless Eye's Blog
Episode 4 will be up in a couple of days, and in a few weeks it'll get to the Residential Weekend episode, which, I promise you, will be very interesting for those who wonder about how it's possible for people to believe in gods despite all the reasons they shouldn't.
Looking forward to chatting with you all!
