Godless Heathens, Come on In

I received a letter from my mother a few days ago. I have kept pretty quiet over the years with her about my leaving the fundamentalist Christian faith. After all, she is my mother, and I love her. I didn't want her being hurt or heartbroken, or spending hours a day praying for my eternal soul. What a waste of her time that would be!

But I can't seem to keep my mouth sufficiently shut about thoughts I'm passionate about, so apparently, my web footprint found her (or maybe my older sister told her, who knows?), and she sent me a letter. The letter said, and I quote, "I know you have turned your back on God and do not believe in Him anymore, but if anyone could be the anti-christ, it would be Obama. He is definitely an anti-christ, but maybe not the anti-christ of Revelation." This is where my jaw dropped. Until then, I hadn't wanted to believe that my own mother, who I always thought to be above that crazy shit, was smarter than this.

This is what fundamentalist religion does to people. It robs them of their critical thinking skills and terrifies them into submission.

But, as my mother, who I was always trying to protect, knows I'm a godless heathen, I can add to my online footprint and start talking about everything that has been rolling around in my heathen head. And you can too! This blog is not meant to belittle, but to point out the obvious flaws in the logic of mainstream religion, and to warn people of the true craziness that fundamentalism brings.

Get out your critical thinking caps, and join the rest of the godless heathens in speaking your mind. Let's see how many fundamentalists will tell us that we're going to hell. When we hit a million, we'll have a party.