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My Story
February 18, 2011 at 5:35 pm
I have spent most of my life believing in god, with a long period in my teens and early twenties not caring, not really believing one way or the other, then married a fundy, for a number of years was full on christian, mainly in the hope that god would make my marriage bearable, and my ex into a decent father and husband. Well that never happened, so then for the past 15 years i was moving away from any belief, first very slowly, and then recently admitting I was an atheist, and had been for a while, without acknowledging it.
In a way it was the final straw for my marriage, which wasn't healthy for me anyway, but now I found the courage to leave, or rather no reason to stay.
Now I am free, enjoying life hugely and finding what I want out of life. I love good discussions and reading widely, and are at present going though some of the threads.
I want for myself what I want for other women, absolute equality (Agnes Macphail
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RE: My Story
February 18, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Hello there, dear.
I suspect what you have found out is that anyone who spends more time pretending to worry about the "next life" rather than enjoying this one is a schmuck to begin with. We have a few like that around here. Feel free to abuse them. You'll know them when you see them.
Meanwhile, enjoy yourself.
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RE: My Story
February 18, 2011 at 7:15 pm
Welcome, Darklady, to AF and to atheism! May you enjoy both.
I'm new here, too and have met some really nice people who gave me such a good welcome.
There are many intelligent Christians, no doubt, but an "intellectual Christian", is surely an oxymoron.
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RE: My Story
February 18, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Definitely big welcome - may you find sanctuary.
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RE: My Story
February 18, 2011 at 9:43 pm
Entaro Adun, noble traveler!
Gather round, you are welcomed.
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RE: My Story
February 19, 2011 at 8:53 am
Welcome to the forum Darklady.Thats quite a sultry name youve chosen for yourself there.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
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