Each year I fund-raise for the fight against multiple sclerosis by forming a team of wacky adventurers called Team Conehead to participate in a 150-mile bicycling event over two days. …
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Day: October 11, 2013
Loss of sister brought on loss of religion – Justin Moss
Justin received $350 from FFRF for his essay. I was born into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Up until about age 18, I was so sure of …
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I’m the inhuman one? – Brienna Kringlie
Brieanna received $350 from FFRF for her essay. Why don’t I believe in God? It’s for the same reasons I don’t believe in unicorns or subterranean fairy folk. Perhaps God …
1 Corinthians 13:11 – Andrew Spalding
Andrew received $550 from FFRF for his essay. Abandoning my belief in God didn’t happen overnight. Growing up on the mission field, attending a private Christian school and college all …
Coping with my father’s death – Chelsey Shannon
Chelsey received $550 from FFRF for her essay. Typically, or perhaps stereotypically, a lack or loss of belief in a god is assumed to be the product of a traumatic …
On why I choose science – By Rebecca Tippens
Rebecca received $1,050 from FFRF for her essay. I remember the day I first realized that science was at odds with my Christian faith. I was 12 years old, and …
Why ethics is evidence for atheism – By Daniel Munoz
Daniel received $2,050 from FFRF for his essay. When I was 6 years old, my father told me about hell. Christianity isn’t all manna and miracles, it turns out, and …
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‘We’re all near impossibilities’ – Anne Clymer
Anne received $3,050 from FFRF for her winning essay. $50 bonuses provided by FFRF members Dean and Dorea Schramm. In 2010, advanced placement statistics was not my strongest course. In …
Atheist ‘Aints’ dispel stereotypes about nonbelievers – By Eric Jayne
The following, reprinted with permission, first ran July 29 on minnpost.com, which publishes six days a week online from Minneapolis. Eric is president of Minnesota Atheists and an FFRF member. …
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