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From Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith
April 30, 2012 at 5:28 pm
http://richarddawkins.net/audio/645781-f...sing-faith
This has to be one of the bravest things a person can do.
I respect you too much to believe that you could possibly hold those ridiculous beliefs. - Richard Dawkins, 2012
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RE: From Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith
April 30, 2012 at 6:02 pm
Shades of Dan Barker. Who, by the way, was actually told by members he preached to that the holy spirit flowed through him even though at that time he had already decided he was an atheist,
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: From Minister To Atheist: A Story Of Losing Faith
May 1, 2012 at 11:57 am
(April 30, 2012 at 5:38 pm)Chuck Wrote: (April 30, 2012 at 5:28 pm)The Heff Wrote: This has to be one of the bravest things a person can do.
I think you give too little credit to humanity. Many are the souls who would caste aside christian garbage without a second glance and announce their intellectual honesty without slightest trepidation.
Not at all. I know of many great feats of bravery that both men and women have performed, but to face losing everything that is dear to you (friends, family, belonging to a community) is no menial task and it takes a great determination to do so.
As I said, one of the bravest but in no way meant to demean the bravery that countless others have shown.
I respect you too much to believe that you could possibly hold those ridiculous beliefs. - Richard Dawkins, 2012