http://www.agnosticmom.com/2005/12/01/reunion/ Raising a Healthy Family Without Religion. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:22:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.agnosticmom.com/2005/12/01/reunion/#comment-25 Tami Sat, 03 Dec 2005 15:16:15 +0000 http://www.agnosticmom.com/?p=22#comment-25 Your blog is inspiring! My husbands leaving "the church" almost cost me my marriage. For me, so much was wrapped up in faith. I knew when he started his search he would come to the "right" answer. I didn't want to hear about or listen to his questioning & doubting. The day he wrote his letter to have his name removed was the day I lost my faith. It took me too long to finally begin to open my eyes that had been shut tight for so long. When I decided to reexamine my beliefs from I different angle, I was no longer afraid of the truth. I had my name removed 6 months ago and today, I am happy! Your blog is inspiring!
My husbands leaving “the church” almost cost me my marriage. For me, so much was wrapped up in faith. I knew when he started his search he would come to the “right” answer. I didn’t want to hear about or listen to his questioning & doubting. The day he wrote his letter to have his name removed was the day I lost my faith. It took me too long to finally begin to open my eyes that had been shut tight for so long. When I decided to reexamine my beliefs from I different angle, I was no longer afraid of the truth. I had my name removed 6 months ago and today, I am happy!

]]> http://www.agnosticmom.com/2005/12/01/reunion/#comment-24 Laura Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:10:48 +0000 http://www.agnosticmom.com/?p=22#comment-24 Thank you for sharing our reunion. It has been a joy to rediscover our friendship with more depth and share an exciting adventure. I hope that this prompts others to overcome the stigma of proclaiming a 'lack of certain belief', especially in these troubling times of extreme religious fervor, and find voice to express their own discoveries. Maybe if we could come out of the shadows and share our stories, we might find there are more of us then we originally thought. Or better yet, prompt others to open those locked doors within, examine their overburdened shelves of questions and maybe go on a journey to discover what all life can reveal. It doesn't have to be what you believe or I believe (or don't believe), but it should be TRUTH. What amazed me was realizing what truth really was and meant and what it really meant to me. It was the most important beautiful thing I could ever learn and believe in. Truth led me out of religion, only after I started being truthful with myself. The world opened up to me and I found it amazing, scary, diverse and completely unpredictable. I'm loving every minute, especially the coffee part! Thank you for sharing our reunion. It has been a joy to rediscover our friendship with more depth and share an exciting adventure.
I hope that this prompts others to overcome the stigma of proclaiming a ‘lack of certain belief’, especially in these troubling times of extreme religious fervor, and find voice to express their own discoveries. Maybe if we could come out of the shadows and share our stories, we might find there are more of us then we originally thought.
Or better yet, prompt others to open those locked doors within, examine their overburdened shelves of questions and maybe go on a journey to discover what all life can reveal.
It doesn’t have to be what you believe or I believe (or don’t believe), but it should be TRUTH.
What amazed me was realizing what truth really was and meant and what it really meant to me. It was the most important beautiful thing I could ever learn and believe in. Truth led me out of religion, only after I started being truthful with myself.
The world opened up to me and I found it amazing, scary, diverse and completely unpredictable.
I’m loving every minute, especially the coffee part!

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