I think I’m finally to the point where I’m ready to turn my membership card in the Mormon Church in. Unfortunately, I can’t redeem it for a decade and a half of tithing.
I held onto it for this long because, quite frankly, I felt like I could be a more effective critic [...]

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Although I had followed him online for some time (especially through his involvement in the nontheist Friends community), I first met Zach face to face on my trip to Boston last fall.  He invited Jana and I to dine with him at his home in the Seed Pod Co-op.  Over homemade soup and bread, he [...]

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In place of the regularly scheduled Leaving the Garden series, I bring you Dr. King’s difficult journey that ultimately led to his acceptance of nonviolence and the rejection of American Christian political orthodoxy.  His Pilgrimage to Nonviolence is a fascinating and intimate revelation of his initial convictions, his questioning process, his doubts, and the reformulation [...]

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This week’s installment of “Leaving the Garden” (a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their encounters with religion and uncertainty) comes to you from wren, a long-time member of the Mind on Fire community and fellow Obama-ite!
Wren aka nee who blogs at The Waiting Line. She lives in [...]

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For our latest installment of “Leaving the Garden” (a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their encounters with religion and uncertainty) C. L. Hanson of the blog Letters from A Broad has graciously allowed us to share her post entitled How I Became an Atheist.  
C. L. Hanson describes herself as [...]

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Note: This is the latest installment of “Leaving the Garden,” a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their encounters with religion and uncertainty. Religion is filled with stories of faith; here we will collect narratives of unbelief. If you’d like to share your story of doubt, please leave a comment [...]

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Note: This is the latest installment of “Leaving the Garden,” a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their journey from religious conviction to uncertainty, from dogmatism to doubt. Religion is filled with stories of faith; here we collect narratives of unbelief. Some are lifelong atheists who have flirted with religion; others [...]

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Note: This is the latest installment of “Leaving the Garden,” a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their journey from religious conviction to uncertainty, from dogmatism to doubt. Religion is filled with stories of faith; here we will collect narratives of unbelief. Some are lifelong atheists who have flirted with [...]

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Note: This is the latest installment of “Leaving the Garden,” a weekly series in which we ask someone to reflect on their journey from religious conviction to uncertainty, from dogmatism to doubt. Religion is filled with stories of faith; here we will collect narratives of unbelief.  If you’d like to share your story of doubt, [...]

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Elaine is a mostly-recovered Mormon who retains a great interest in belief systems of all kinds. She has a BA in Intercultural Studies (that’s what her university calls cultural anthropology), with a concentration in the anthropology of religion. In real life she takes care of her mother, writes for some websites in the [...]

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