About Atheist Mom
AtheistMom is a recovering Catholic married to an exMormon…they are happy, kind and moral people who feel pretty certain that there is no God. AtheistMom wants her child to grow up to be a critical thinker who lives life in the now…because there is no after.
“I would not for my life destroy one star of human hope, but I want it so that when a poor woman rocks the cradle and sings a lullaby to the dimpled darling, she will not be compelled to believe that ninety-nine chances in a hundred she is raising kindling wood for hell.”
—Robert Ingersoll, How to be Saved, 1880
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Cathleen Hoffman | May 7, 2009 at 3:58 am
I wonder if on your death bed you will think about where you will spend eternity.
I feel so sorry for you…without hope you must have such an empty existance.
I will pray for you at church tonight. You said that you are “pretty certain” that there is no God. I am certain that you are wrong!
I will pray that God will show you before it is too late.
God bless you…
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Phoebe Caulfield | May 18, 2009 at 1:40 am
Nice, Cathleen. “Believe in what I believe or go to hell when you die.” Fear is such an awesome way to convert people.
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AtheistMom | May 20, 2009 at 4:32 am
A Response to Cathleen:
Ummm…I don’t believe in eternity so I doubt I’ll be wondering where I am going to spend it.
I feel a lot of hope. Hope for humanity and for our ability to make things right. I am a very hopeful and optimistic person.
I don’t really know how you can be “certain”…if you are, then you don’t have faith. Faith is believing in something despite not being certain.
I didn’t sneeze but thanks. Could you sacrifice a goat too? According to the Bible that should move things along a little faster.
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Rene | June 25, 2009 at 2:41 am
I’m a believer, not someone who is going to be in your face pushing my religious beliefs down your throat. However, I do feel sorry for people who believe in nothing. There seems to be a disconnect somewhere in your life that has led you to this way of thinking. It’s wonderful to be a critical thinker, but in all your infinite wisdom, why can’t you think about what life would be like with a God. Having faith in God is difficult for many people because they cant’ seem to see past their own minute existence in the world. Believing in something that you can’t see or touch or hear takes courage. I hope you find that special moment in your life where all you will have is your faith in God. Just like the bible-belters that curse everyone who doesn’t believe, you are similar since you chastise and insult those that do believe. Your belief systems may be at opposite ends of the spectrum, but you are one in the same.
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Laurel | September 3, 2009 at 2:57 am
Thank you for blog. ‘Athiest’ seems to be a bad word these days, and it is a relief to hear a voice of positive and thoughtful dissent amongst the legions of religious and dogmatic. My husband and I are a few years away from being ready to have children, but I look forward to being an athiest mom, too.
“I don’t have to live forever to live once and to live completely.”
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Christine Harvey | September 12, 2009 at 6:10 am
Once I came to the conclusion that there was no god, I forgot how I could ever have believed in the first place. It’s amazing what happens when the veil is lifted. I’m not terrified at night anymore, thinking there are demons and evil around every corner. I honestly can’t understand the disgust that people have for atheists.
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Ashli | September 27, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I stumbled upon your web site because I am researching atheist which also believe in pacifism. I am a Christian. I believe in Christ and have been baptized. However I am also majoring in Biology, so I believe in evolution. I live in the Bible-belt so even my beliefs are criticized. It is not my job to change you or persuade you to think any certain way. These people who believe in Christ or any God should know it is not there place to judge. My thoughts on this mater is if your beliefs or the beliefs of anyone on this page, what ever they may be makes you a better person then by all means that is your “path” calling” whatever. You either have faith or you don’t and no one should need a Bible, commandments or rules to live an honest and respectable life. Morally you should know right from wrong. I also do not believe you a sheltering your children by this life style maybe pushing unintentionally on them. I was not raised Christian and later made the choices for my self as with politics my parents wanted me to have a mind of my own and chose my own beliefs they don’t always agree with them but I am my own individual person. Your goal as a mother is to lead and protect not to push.
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KC | October 30, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Rene- that’s ironic, because I think people who believe in god do because they can’t see past their own minute existence in the world. What existence is more minute? Being created in the image of an all powerful being that watches over us, or just simply being…unwatched, unprotected, in this universe, and not having been created by some god. Ovbiously, the latter.
You’re wrong. People have difficultly breaking away from their faith in god, because they can not face the possibility that they are not special in the eyes of a god. Seeing that some great father figure is not watching over you, loving you, and that your parents, and church teaching are lies; that takes courage. I feel sorry for you. Maybe one day you will find that courage to see life for what it really is. Its very beautiful when you lift the veil of belief. I hope you have the chance to see life through an non believers’s eyes before its too late.
And who are you to say someone can’t think about what life would be like with a god? Many atheist were raised as believers. I was raised catholic, and although I saw at a young age that was bunk, I believed in a higher power until my early 20s. Do not assume an atheist has not lived as a believer. And truthfully, only an atheist can comment on which life is better. Since you have never seen life as a nonbeliever, you have no idea what you’re missing.
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Laura | December 15, 2009 at 5:29 am
Wow, how did your blog get to be such a magnet for the religious? I (as an ATHEIST who will not be wondering where I will spend eternity on my deathbed, either!) have been reading through some of your posts and I love them! We need more Atheist Moms out there! It seems like most are either college students or older men/women. Nice to meet a fellow mom!
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Lisa | January 10, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Please explain your view on how the universe was created. Even down to the first atom……I am a science teacher and christian so I have many views that do not work with the teachings of a strick baptist church (the way i was raised)
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AtheistMom | March 7, 2010 at 4:11 am
Hi Lisa,
I appreciated your comment and am currently looking into your question. I am not a geologist by training but your question made me think about the creation of the universe and so I will be posting a reply in the near future.
Thanks,
AtheistMom
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Tom | March 7, 2010 at 2:50 am
“AtheistMom wants her child to grow up to be a critical thinker who lives life in the now…because there is no after”
Since you are not bringing up your child with religious beliefs or so. I think you would struggle as a parent, as your child will have no bounaries or limits when they’re older as they are not going to be brought up with religious discipline.
I myself, am a catholic and found that religion helped me to suceed to the fullest and gave me limits and boundaries to do things and not do things (drinking, wild parties, etc) on an occasional basis. As a teenager, I did drink and went to parties but also had limits which I am so proud of having!
Please dont ignore or bad mouth this post with your silly atheist rants.
P.S- GOD EXISTS AND HE’S THERE IF YOU DONT LIKE IT!!