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Hey all! I fully realize it is February 21, but I think I'm ready to talk about Christmas. I finally posted on this site the first week of December last year. It was an emotional, rambling post that pretty much said what I wanted to say. I'm sure some of the rest of you can relate to how you felt trying to articulate your feelings after realizing how many lies you had previously swallowed! I didn't mean to let two months go by, though, before I posted again. But, as we got closer and closer to Christmas, that gawd-awful American tradition of Christmasing everything to death jus
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I have severely scaled back participation in Pride and LGBTQ community activism over the last year or so because I have reached a major crossroads in my life during this time. I openly have lived as a bi-sexual woman for approximately a decade. I have also added a slight addendum to that and expanded my bi-sexuality to include those who are also genderqueer, gender fluid, and trans, as I have really found I am attracted to pretty much anyone. I have come to realize I will love and be sexually attracted to just about anyone out there. There is no specific type that I look for. I do not know if
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I'll try to encapsulate some background here, for some of you who don't know my story. I left xianity about 5 years ago, after years of questioning, and realized one day I truly no longer believe. I was married to a fundy and had (still have) 4 children. Fundy parents and husband were shocked and horrified at my unbelief. After a couple years of trying to make my marriage work, I finally divorced. I wanted to move on in life and find love someday and be in a relationship where I'm not looked down on as a colossal disappointment for using my mind and coming to different conclusions. I also want -
So, on Facebook, I have many believing and non-believing friends and family. I tend to post things worth discussing amongst my non-believing friends and I on there to discuss and comment on. I have a cousin though. I've mentioned her before...she's a member of Reformer's Unanimous...hopeless cause, I know. It is frustrating though the actual idiocy she demonstrates on a regular basis. She just starts spouting scripture, doesn't BOTHER to read a single reference I post to even know if what she is posting is even remotely appropriate. Normally, people probably don't mind this. It makes for an e -
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Actual conversation I had in response to my cousin's endless onslaught of Jesus icons. I couldn't resist the fun, so I am sure she will jump on something of mine at some point. And again, the laughter will ensue... -
Thanks in advance for all who take the time to read this. I apologize for the length but felt I needed to include at least the thoughts related below to properly convery my situation. Thanks again. Grew up Catholic-school, alter boy, the whole bit. Had a typical born-again conversion experience at a "parachurch"; ministry function when I was 16. My doubts arose soon after but was already engaged socially/emotionally to others in the group. Having had a crazy childhood didn't help. I am an now attorney, in my mid-thirties, with one young son and have been married since my early 20s. My wi
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Who else spent Christmas in the company of Christians, in particular Christian family? I'd love to hear about your experiences. Are your family members aware of your disbelief? As of how long? Are they supportive/respectful of your lack of faith? How did you feel while partaking of overtly Jesusy festivities? Do you feel uncomfortable with all the Biblical declarations, the praying and the Christian hymns? Are you saddened at all because you miss the time in your life when the season was magical and meaningful and the baby in the manger was a real person you knew? Or do you ten
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Weellllll, I managed to avoid going out to the parents' place on Christmas day, but mom has me penciled in for tomorrow afternoon. I really don't want to go. The whole thing disgusts me on so many levels. I thought of just taking the kids and kind of drop them off for a bit, but that just puts my children under the lens then for my own behaviors. Aaagghh....this is really heartwrenching. I'm torn between my own relationship issues and nurturing my children's relationship with my parents (which should have NOTHING to do with my own issues, right?). See, I have a huge background
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To begin with, I just want to say that this forum has been a massive help to me during my de-conversion process. I've been a lurker for quite some time, but I still feel like part of this community. My paternal grandfather's birthday was today (12/22/11). He passed earlier this year. I'm an atheist and I was able to work through this loss (discreetly) in my own way. I've actually been able to get over this loss fairly well. Even though my grandfather was a believer, I know he would not want me to dwell on him being gone. My issue is with my cousin. This morning when I woke up, and chec
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I was raised in a Christian family. From the time I was three I was taken to church. My first experience was in a denominational branch I can't recall. However, I do remember the minister. My grandparents, on my dad's side, ended up taking me. I never knew why my folks stopped going shortly after our first visit, (it was the grand folks church first), but I guess they figured a child needed religious upbringing, so they gave my grandparents permission to cart me off every Sunday. The minister in those days didn't have, or need, a PA system. He screamed from the pulpit the entire serm
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I don't want my family's pity or for them to coddle me. I don't want to use depression as an excuse for my behavior. But I don't think it's wrong to ask for some understanding. When I get mad I'm teased relentlessy or just critisized. The thing is though, just because I stopped taking the anti-depressants I still have my bad days. I wish my family could understand that. When they get on my case it only makes things worse. I just want them to back off.
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Here are the things I can't say to my family, or anyone I know in person. So, this blog will serve as a confession I guess. I get the irony of calling it that but as I've never been Catholic of gone to confession I hope you'll excuse me. And without further ado, Confession 1: Today my sister asked me why I've been so grouchy. She preceded that question by telling me not to take the question the wrong way; something I so often do (really, who doesn't?). My lie was that I wasn't feeling well. The truth? I'm still pissed with my dad. I can't tell her that because she doesn't understand. "
