Christian Mom-Blogger Turns Atheist

[Jolly Sapper]

http://unreasonablefaith.com/2010/01/26/fundamentalist-homeschool-mom-turns-atheist/

A few days ago a 41-year-old Christian mom-blogger came out as an atheist

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I want to publicly commend Rechelle for her bravery in coming out as an atheist on her blog.

And to become an atheist in the length of a few weeks? It took me years to sort all of that out without having a breakdown.

Welcome, Rechelle, to your new life without a make-believe invisible deity. Don’t let the fundie hate email get to you, it’s just part of the territory. I know people must have said some hurtful things in order for you to turn off your comments and remove the contact form. It’s a shame people can’t be civil.

I wish you happiness and new heights of understanding the world around us.

The woman's blog post trying to describe her shift in philosophy...
http://mysistersfarmhouse.com/2010/01/how-i-became-an-atheist-a-parable

How I Became an Atheist â€" A Parable
by Rechelle ~ January 27th, 2010. Filed under: Life.

As some of my readers may have noted, there has been an um….  philosophical shift in this blog.  To put it simply, I once was blind, but now I see.  Or to put it even more simply â€" god is imaginary.  Or to put it even more simply â€" I was a practicing christian in various shades, degrees and forms for the past 41 years and then within a span of a few weeks â€" I became an atheist.  

I can’t really point to one particular event that caused the last brick to fall out of the crumbling building that was my faith.  Over the past five years, it has been slowly falling apart. How about if I use a parable to explain?

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It reads like almost every post in the "Introductions" section but with a bit more poetry.  I'd recommend it for those who are starting to question their faith.

[curiosityandthecat]

Woohoo!   Logic and reason prevail again!

[Ellainix]

Hurray! <3  

[Jolly Sapper]

Its a shame that she's turned off the comments on her new blog posts.  Might be nice to show some support from the ether.

[MommaSquid]

I just shared the parable on my Facebook page.  Boy am I gonna get dirty looks!

[Jolly Sapper]

Huzzzah to you MommaSquid!

[LoneMateria]

I read through her 2nd post yesterday.  It had the greatest title ever: Former Christian Apologizes for Being Such a Huge Shit Head for All Those Years.

If you haven't read it just go to the OP and her main blog post.  At the bottom it shows next post. Or just ctrl + F the word shit

[Jolly Sapper]

By the by, Mrs. Mom-blogger has opened up (albeit hesitantly) comments.

Feel free to share some love.

[karadan]

By the by, Mrs. Mom-blogger has opened up (albeit hesitantly) comments.

Feel free to share some love.

Cool, i will do later. I already added her blog to my google reader feed. I like the way she writes.