Poem submitted by Vanessa Marie Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing That’s what we’re told The lie we’ve been sold The world will deceive us Never receive us, as we are We must change to fit in, to blend in Forgo who we are “called to be” Reflect what they want to…

And You Can Eat it — Submitted by Hollie Ann Keller. Trigger warning: Mentions of rape, child abuse. I lost faith in Christianity the same night I lost any cravings for cake. I sat underneath a white tarp at an all-girls church retreat, bulbs were strewn all over the black bars giving the illusion of purity…

Submitted by Trevor Wolf Giving up my faith has been costly and challenging, and yet, has brought me a treasure that is more than worth the price I paid for it (funny, I think there’s a parable in the Bible about that 😉). That treasure is that, every day when…

Submitted by Silviu-George Pantelimon My name is Silviu-George Pantelimon, I am an ex-orthodox christian from Romania, currently an atheist and apistevist. It’s been about 8 years since I abandoned all my faith but I am still struggling with some aspects of my former religion and I think sharing my story…

An on-going journey to find the truth and justice. — Submitted by Aaron I am Aaron, a young man who was raised in Indonesia, a country with a predominantly Muslim population. My parents were very religious and instilled in me the belief that Allah is the one true god. However, my journey of faith took a turn when I discovered…

Here’s how they messed me up — Submitted by KC Brown When I was in fourth grade, a guest speaker came to my Christian elementary school. Her name was Robin Jones Gunn and the other girls were soooo excited. I hadn’t heard of Gunn’s Christy Miller series. Oh boy. Was I in for a treat. The Christy…

But if you don’t try you’ll never know — Submitted by Malvina S I am a former Jehovah’s Witness — a former JWs regular pioneer for 15 years. I was born into the religion. So I didn’t know any better. My dad was a church elder and a regular pioneer, my mom a regular pioneer and my brother was…

Re-examining the stories that celebrate blind faith — Multiple theories emerged as our framily (friend family) enjoyed margaritas and debated the problem of evil. Possibilities ranged from earth being the Australia of the universe and we are the undesirables from wiser and kinder alien civilizations to evil simply being a coding problem in the computer simulation we live…

Submitted by Roxanne Kang I had always been a good girl. A goody-two-shoes. As typical of Korean American families, I grew up in a Korean Presbyterian church, which I attended through childhood. In college, I rebelled a bit and did not attend for a while until finally finding myself back…