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11 Years Ago, Today


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I wish I had a date to celebrate, but for me it was a gradual background thought process of my late teens and early 20's.  Lots of moments I can pinpoint where I realized this, or figured that out, but my journey began in 6th grade and was complete soon after 9/11.  *

 

 

*By complete I mean I was perfectly comfortable declaring myself an Atheist in public and ready to defend myself against the backlash.  A total journey of ~12 years

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What great news! Awesome and inspiring!

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Congrats.

I had that same moment of clarity 4.5 years ago.

What a huge weight to be removed from our shoulders.

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Happy Day! Glad you found the truth and that you help us here with learning more of it.

 

Here's to many more re-birthdays!

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Congratulations and thanks for posting this. I am sure your post will encourage those who are still struggling through their own deconversion issues.

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The REAL born-again day!   GONZ9729CustomImage1539775.gif   Congratulations!  Like Marty, I wish I had a day to celebrate.  But it was more of a gradual process that, looking back, probably started when I was a little kid and first heard the Abraham/Isaac horror story.  

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To buffetphan and Marty,

 

I celebrate this day because the final epiphany occurred on it.  Like both of you, though, there was a long and slow process involved.  Remember at the age of four years old I ripped up my Sunday-go-to-meeting shirt; because even then, I thought something was just not right about religion.  I'm glad I have a particular date that I can connect with each year; and I would encourage everyone to set aside a particular day to celebrate their deconversion, even if you have to pick a day at random.

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Happy Day! Glad you found the truth and that you help us here with learning more of it.

 

Here's to many more re-birthdays!

Thanks, Storm.  I'm glad we are all here helping each other; but I also lament the untold numbers who will never find us.

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Congratulations and thanks for posting this. I am sure your post will encourage those who are still struggling through their own deconversion issues.

I hope it will, Overcame Faith.

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Congrats.

I had that same moment of clarity 4.5 years ago.

What a huge weight to be removed from our shoulders.

Ain't that the truth!

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Wow, congrats!

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Way to go!  Time to celebrate 11 years of a clear, thinking mind!

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I'm impressed that you keep such a good account of time.

 

A happy 11th whatever-you-call-it...

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I'm impressed that you keep such a good account of time.

 

A happy 11th whatever-you-call-it...

Well, it was the day upon which life as I had always known it was utterly destroyed... kinda made an impression.

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I don't remember the exact date that I stood up in church and found myself unable to recite the Nicene Creed, and in the process being shocked into the realization that I was an atheist (though I've narrowed it down to two Sundays in late summer 2005). But I do remember the date that triggered my final crisis of faith (April 7, 2002), and the date I outed myself to my mom (September 18, 2005).

 

Happy re-birthday, Red!

 

[edit]This appears to be my 333rd post. I'm halfway there![/edit]

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I'm impressed that you keep such a good account of time.

 

I keep terrible records. I remember the trigger date for my final crisis of faith because it was a specific Roman Catholic holy day, and I could reconstruct the day I came out to my mom from the timestamps of my browser bookmarks from my Web search for coming out atheist. I wish I had that exact date for me to celebrate, but I hope to pinpoint it by piecing together other clues.

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Congrats!

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Congrats on your anniversary! The day of the straw that broke the camel's back for me was on February 5th, and I officially walked out of the last church I visited once and for all on the 7th. I'll consider that my deconversion day. 

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Congrats on your anniversary! The day of the straw that broke the camel's back for me was on February 5th, and I officially walked out of the last church I visited once and for all on the 7th. I'll consider that my deconversion day. 

We'll have to throw a deconversion party for you next year!

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I don't remember the exact date that I stood up in church and found myself unable to recite the Nicene Creed, and in the process being shocked into the realization that I was an atheist (though I've narrowed it down to two Sundays in late summer 2005). But I do remember the date that triggered my final crisis of faith (April 7, 2002), and the date I outed myself to my mom (September 18, 2005).

 

Happy re-birthday, Red!

Thanks, Cousin!

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Happy De-conversion day!  Here's a song to help you celebrate:  Born again, again by the talented Keri Noble.  Enjoy!

 

Lyrics below.

 

 

"Came from a mother the first time
I was told I didn't get it just right.
I needed to be born twice
Then I'd know I'd know
Where I'd go when I die.

So I got down on my knees
With my whole heart I cried, "Please."
But I don't think anyone heard me.

That's why I wanna be born again again.
Don't wanna a bath in blood don't wanna be forgiven.
Wanna be born again again.
To live my life I would rather take my chances.

You see I knew this boy at school
We laughed so much and all of his secrets I knew
But his father took him someplace new
Because he said to love a boy
Was something his son would not do.

So I got down on my knees
With my whole heart I cried, "Please."
But I don't think anyone heard me.

That's why I wanna be born again again.
Don't wanna a bath in blood don't wanna be forgiven.
Wanna be born again again.
To live my life I would rather take my chances.

You see the world it's a big place
Different colors and different faiths
I know it sounds elementary
But if it was so easy
Why does love seem so absent from preaching?

I want my life, oh yeah
And I'm gonna take every little one of my chances."

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