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- At 4:24pm on August 25, 2009,
Aurelio Manuel Montemayor said…
- Fellow Texan,
Here are some notes about me to start the dialogue:
My first 21 years were immersed deeply in Roman Catholic faith and practice. I was an altar boy at Guadalupe Church and went to St. Joseph's Academy. I was in a Catholic school from the third grade until I completed my first degree. I lived in constant guilt, self-abuse and spiritual pain. Leaving the practice preceded losing the faith by about 10 years. The habits were so deeply ingrained that even after I was consciously, decidedly and clearly a non-believer, I could still be brought to tears with the viewing of a mass on TV celebrating the feast of the Virgen of Guadalupe. There are cultural, family and social memories woven in that cause old feelings to come up. My disconnection with religion is difficult because so many early memories of family and growing up are so immersed in faith, and going to church and the family celebrations connected to religous feasts. But, since all my closest relatives are dead, and I don't have to face any family reactions and arguments, I have much freedom to explore the thinking, the literature, and the dialogues as on this site...all reinforcing my view of the world. I wish I had a fire in the gut and the energy to balance out what burns on the side of the crazy believers.
- At 1:28pm on August 24, 2009,
Aurelio Manuel Montemayor said…
- Please add as friend.
Just came on board and would like to connect directly with as many active members as possible. The 50 limit is just too slow for me.
This website is very exciting to me, eXRC who started my recovery 40 years ago
- At 10:36pm on June 2, 2009,
Steve said…
- Thanks for the welcome. I live in Pearland currently. I've been in Houston off and on since '82 when my parents moved here.
- At 3:07pm on May 12, 2009,
Christian Helmersen said… - LOL, yes I am now Christian the Atheist.
- At 3:00pm on March 27, 2009,
reasoningbeing said…
- Thanks for the invite to be a friend. It is an isolated existence down here. I've been in Nac for 18 years and the only freethinkers I've been able to find are my companion and a few people associated with the Unitarian Fellowship 30 miles away in Lufkin. I probably just don't know how to find them. Surely there are some out there. I'm out as an atheist at work but am surrounded by religious fundamentalists there who rarely will engage with me in a discussion about religion. I think they know their position is weak or maybe they just don't give a damn about my soul. Actually, I'm told I'm well-liked - more so than my hyper-catholic cohort. I do believe there is an atheist group in the DFW area and an organization called North Texas Freethinkers. Have you not found them yet? I hardly ever get up that way. I was looking at a local news clip from the Dallas area last night about two atheist billboards going up your area. I would so love to see them. I spent the last couple of days in Austin hoping to get to testify at a State Board of Education meeting where meddlesome creationists are doing a bang up job of destroying a set of excellent science standards submitted for the board's approval by an expert committee of science teachers and scientists. The creationists on the board managed to monopolize the time and for the third trip there since November I was unable to speak. It's extremely frustrating. The board is undermining the teaching of evolution and hoping to deny another generation of children accurate information on the topic. Science is my background as you might can tell from the focus on evolution. I've also made it to a couple of Darwin Day events with the Center for Inquiry in Austin. The one this February was fabulous. Great comedic entertainment! The CFI group in Austin has a strong scientific bent. The internet is great for bringing the atheists together. I sure could have used it as an adolescent when I was making a break from my parents religion almost 40 years ago. Instead, deprived of literature and access to nonbelievers, I had to do it on my own with thought, logic, skepticism and reason alone. I think that's why I'm drawn to this website so much even after all these years, I feel for those who have to go through this psychologically painful and emotionally wrenching process of divorcing themselves from religion and their religious pasts. It was the defining struggle of my own life.
Many congratulations to you on your acquisition of freedom from religion and it's mental shackles! I'm interested in what kept you in it so long into adulthood. Religious people are typically so unreachable with logic and reason. Was there a turning point for you or were you just always a closeted doubter? Looking back I'm thinking that some of us are just inherently doubters and some persons just inherently believe what our parents and authority figures tell them.
Cheers,
Reasoningbeing
- At 12:38pm on March 21, 2009,
Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist said… - Dear Brother Freedy,
We're playing the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas on Saturday, April 11. Whether or not you can make it out to the show, I'd enjoy hooking up while we're down there.
Love,
BS
- At 9:27am on March 10, 2009,
AnnF said… - It is a bummer to hear about your daughter still being a xtian, but she is still young. She has lots of time in the next decade to develop her own mind. The fact that your other 3 have come to their senses are some great odds. My parents, sister, & all my aunts & uncles are hardcore, fundamentalists all the way. I was hard core from the age of 22 until 29. I am very sad for the person I was then, and all of the pain & confusion that I was in because of myths. I feel like the years that I was supposed to have been having fun & enjoying my youth are gone. Now I'm a grown up.....but at least I don't have those chains bounding me. I can't say that I am "thankful" for what I have gone through...certainly regret ever having been a xtian, but I'm thankful for being here now. Christianity is child abuse, brain-washing, and a wastes lives. I'm sorry so much of your time was wasted by it.
- At 7:21pm on March 7, 2009,
Celeste said… - Hi Freedy!
My ex-husband was from East Texas. Anyway, my partner (common law husband here in SC) Steve is from Spartanburg. I'm originally from Maine but have lived in the southeast (Charleston, SC, FL, AL, MS, GA and now here in Greenville, SC) for 28 years. If you are on Face Book my name there is Celeste Houde Murray. Have a great evening and don't forget to change your clocks tonight, Spring ahead!
Celeste
- At 6:28pm on March 7, 2009,
Barbara said… - I was just about to get out of my car when I heard on the radio that Mitch had died. I agree with you, not a enough media attention. I am glad he died peacefully but I think for families that is sometimes the hardest - absolutely no warning. Its important to me to recognize talented men and women who left us with their music. My blog needs a lot of work because people are always reminding me of someone I left off. Usually someone thats lesser known or even obscure, but to the person, they were special so I gladly add them (Im way behind on it!).
Did you check out my other music blog? Just curious.
You seem like a great guy. I have been struggling intensely with my "god issues" this week. I'd explain but don't want to talk your ear off. :)
- At 5:50pm on March 7, 2009,
Barbara said…
- Thanks for the compliment on my music site! I LOVE rock and roll, and most types of music. So you were "Mitch Mitchell" for awhile? That must have been fun. I wish I could have seen your band play!
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