She For Inquiry

I tweeted earlier this morning that, “now, more than ever, it’s important to be out as an atheist – we are normal, friendly people; we are your bus drivers, school teachers, doctors, waitstaff, garbage collectors, lawyers, bank tellers, hair dressers, etc. we are #atheist.” And it really is a critical time to be out as an atheist. Why? I recently received a Facebook message that reminded me of why. It said:

I recently came across your blog . . . and I just wanted to let you know that you are such an inspiration to me, having the courage

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I had an interesting 4th of July weekend, to say the least. It started on Saturday when I went to my grandmother’s house for a family reunion/barbecue to hang out with the one group of people to whom I am not out as an atheist. This part of my family largely identifies as southern baptist and hails from Virginia, Alabama, and Texas. My cousin was disowned by members of her immediate family because she was dating a black guy and got pregnant (the issue was with the race of the father, NOT that she got pregnant, from what I’ve … read more.

I had a very long talk with a friend of mine a few weeks ago where I admitted that I usually have a hard time defining who I am and what my priorities are, what I want out of my life, etc. But then I told him that there’s one thing to which I’ve always been true: my atheism.

My life story isn’t a pretty one and it’s definitely not an easy one to tell; I can feel my heart pounding even now as I relay it. And before I say anything else, I want to say this: I am … read more.