Diary of a Teenage AtheistDiary of a Teenage AtheistLife as seen through the eyes of a 17-year-old newly-minted atheist in a small, heavily Catholic country. Articles
It gets better
2010-11-01 14:35:00 A friend linked me to this. I was a sobbing mess within the first minute. I sometimes wonder why I feel such a strong kinship to the LGBT community, and I think it’s because I’ve been through the same thing that many of them have. So I watched this video and I cried, because, as ...
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
2010-10-27 08:36:00 UPDATE #1: I got my domain back! Many thanks to Kurtis for the pleasant surprise: So I stumbled upon your blog, really liked what I saw, read that you had drama with the domain name owner, bought it, and forwarded it here. It should work again in a matter of seconds. I am an atheist ... More About: Kindness
Ask Teen Atheist #6
2010-09-04 13:56:00 Chadwell writes: I’m a 16 year old in highschool and I guess my natural cynicism lead me to question the dogma and ignorance of religion. I was a christian but I just figured that why would god send the only salvation to man kind to a single area and practically turn his all-mighty back on ... More About: Atheist
Ask Teen Atheist #5
2010-03-27 16:51:00 Michael asks: I am 14. I was raised Catholic, and until about a week ago I was a firm believer. But last week I began to think. And the more I thought, the more it didn’t make sense. I’m pretty confident at this point that I don’t believe in God, and I’m pretty sure I’m ... More About: Atheist
Chapter II
2009-12-05 11:25:00 Hello, world! Wow, it’s almost been a year since I closed this blog. I’m writing this partly to see who would still notice anything new on a blog that’s been dead for a year (reveal yourselves, lurkers!), and partly because hey, I’m in a whole new chapter of my life now, and I actually have ...
I?m sorry. I love you.
2008-12-11 04:35:00 Heh, leave it to me to end a blog with a Shawn Michaels (a.k.a. HBK, uber-religious WWE Superstar) quote. You have to know where the song ends. When you’re done telling your story. I think that time has come for me. I’ve written everything that needed sharing, and I believe it’s actually a good thing that ... More About: Love , I Love You
?Atheist? =/= ?Alien?
2008-10-10 04:24:00 The workplace gives me a good bird’s eye view of how people in my country see atheists. There’s the weird “I was gonna tell you something but now I’m not because you might get offended” reaction, for one. And lately I’ve been more open about religion to more people. Luckily, the reaction’s not Bible Belt ... More About: Atheist , George , Alien , Gary
Ask Teen Atheist, #4
2008-09-22 12:30:00 Curt asks: When you say you like Unicorns, are you refering to unicorns in the mythical sense or the IPU? I’m referring to unicorns primarily in the “cute cuddly illustrations you find on little girls’ pink Lisa Frank lunchboxes” sense. How can somebody not like unicorns? They’re so darn pretty! I’d always listed unicorns as my favorite ... More About: Atheist
I am Jane Doe, and I am an atheist
2008-08-29 02:35:00 Holy Prepuce forwarded me this plea by Craig A. James (The Religion Virus), for all internet atheists to “come out” and post their real identities. My decision was due to a comment from my book agent, who asked, “What are you afraid of?” I had no good answer to that question. There was just a vague, ... More About: Atheist , Jane
Yes, my atheist life is this boring.
2008-08-09 14:25:00 Excuses on why I haven’t posted in about a month now: Religion is no longer something I want to discuss with my parents. (However, I get more and more resentful that I have to sit and wait while they pray before dinner. At least I have breakfast and lunch elsewhere, and with co-workers who, while religious, ... More About: Life , Atheist , Christian Bale , Judd Apatow , Boring
Interview with Teen Atheist
2008-07-20 11:26:00 I’ve been interviewed by The Pakistani Spectator! Granted, I feel slightly less special because the questions were canned (take a gander at the other interviews and you’ll see what I mean), but it’s nice to be interviewed anyway. Go check it out! More About: Atheist , Interview
Ask Teen Atheist, #3
2008-07-16 11:45:00 Alissa writes: Hey. Okay, so I recently found your website and was reading around and I really want to talk to you. I’m 13 years old and I’m in the 9th grade. I know, some may think thats really young but I know that I don’t believe in god and I think I may be an ... More About: Atheist
Wordy ruminations
2008-07-09 09:26:00 T.A. - sleep + unlimited internet access + 1 week paid leave = tedious, lengthy diatribe on “my thoughts, let me show you them.” Taken from an e-mail exchange with Holy Prepuce: If at some point in your upbringing you bought into the Catholic idea of a heaven or resurrection (i.e. that our conscious selves survive death ...
Atheism and debate
2008-06-22 04:48:00 “The more you stomp in poop, the more it stinks.” Who thought I’d ever be quoting Billy Ray Cyrus, eh? It’s true, though, and it’s the best way to describe how I feel about responding to the anti-atheist comments I get here. Sometimes they’ll go all-out on their rage (“You’re going to hell!”) or be deceptively ... More About: Atheism , Debate , Tyler
It could?ve been?worse?
2008-06-07 03:27:00 On a whim after breakfast, two friends and I went to a large, museum-like antique shop, with ancient relics and furniture from India, Sri Lanka and the like. The store owner was a handsome, 50-something woman named Layla who was the kind of person every woman (or me, anyway, if every other woman was wildly ...
The importance of being earnest
2008-05-26 13:08:00 I have this grotesquely ugly friend who, for some reason, finds himself totally hot (which makes him like…a lot of other people I know). Don’t ask me why. He’s the kind of dude who is baffled why he can’t seem to make it with women, and he thinks that a mere glance his way from ...
I?ve finally earned my wings!
2008-05-18 05:42:00 I don’t think I’ll ever tire of using theist references. Although I’m currently in the process of graduating from “OMG” to “OMJ(oe)”. Anyhoo, two days ago, I received a wonderful present from Benj of Atheista.net. Despite the fact that Atheista may have inadvertently outed my nationality as a result of this blog post, I’m still totally ... More About: Finally , Wings
The one blog that can convince us atheists that God is awesome
2008-05-16 12:07:00 If not “awesome,” then at least ridiculously funny. Not even the Almighty Creator is immune from finding some of the shit in this (Godforsaken? Hee) world annoying, so He’s decided to create a blog about it. Over at Stuff God Hates, nobody’s safe from His Wrath. God takes potshots at cats, Africa, Patrick Swayze and anal ... More About: Awesome , Blog , Atheists
Ask Teen Atheist, #2
2008-05-15 03:20:00 Hi. My name’s Emily and I’m 14. I’ve been athiest for about a year. I haven’t told my parents, and I still go to church with them. I don’t have the heart to tell them. Anyway, I’ve found one other atheist, my best friend. All of my other friends are very religious. I’m afraid to ... More About: Atheist
Let?s make things easier on all of us by not telling me anything
2008-05-06 08:10:00 M’kay? Seriously, this office is TMI Central. I’m just a kid, let me flounce around in my weirdo outfits and devil-may-care grin without having the weight of your problems on my shoulders. Don’t you hate it when people tell you shit without you asking for it? Just when I’d forgotten about my problems with Carl and ... More About: Make , Things
Ask Teen Atheist, #1
2008-04-13 09:36:00 Hooray, somebody finally wrote in to ask me for advice! I would have answered this sooner, but my PC frickin’ ate my thousand-word response. Spurred on by the promise of a love letter (yay!), I finally got my lazy ass around to writing a new one. Feel free to give your own input to help Luke ... More About: Atheist
Mixed messages
2008-04-06 08:28:00 Watched Horton Hears a Who with my Mother Dearest last Thursday. The animation was downright stupefying, the characters were likable (slightly emo son Jojo was so cute, and my favorite would have to be that weird sheep-porcupine-looking thing that goes “aaaah”), and the story was really good. And Seth Rogen. That’s my future husband, right ... More About: Messages , Mixed
When stupid pops up out of nowhere
2008-03-14 14:05:00 Ooh, an atheism-related post! Finally! Many might find it condescending that I refuse to get into debates with theists, or that I immediately delete anti-atheist comments on this blog. Then again, I never said it wasn’t. I’ve recently come across the perfect example to show you all exactly why I refuse to dignify theism-laden arguments with a ... More About: Stupid
Varying degrees of condescension
2008-03-02 18:16:00 This is steadily rocketing up to the top of my Statements That Annoy Me the Most list, simply because I hear it almost every single fucking day now from various co-workers: You’ll understand when you’re older. Like when I told Gina, 34, that I was planning on being one of those never-gonna-get-married types, like Oprah or Susan ... More About: Degrees
An anonymous letter I would like to send
2008-02-19 03:47:00 Yeah, I don’t know if I’m actually going to send this, but I do want to. Only, I don’t really want to be responsible for fucking up other people’s relationships. I’m torn. Aaaanyway. Dear Mrs. Carl, You do not know who I am. In the interest of keeping my job and maintaining a good rapport with all my ... More About: Letter , Send , Anonymous
The world is shallow. Trufax.
2008-02-16 15:29:00 [Apologies in advance for the number of non-atheism-related posts recently. If I limited my blog to experiences pertaining to my beliefs, this blog would be waaay thinner. This is most likely because I haven’t interacted much with my sanctimonious, preachy Mother Dearest since I started working, and god damn it, I love working!] I realized in ... More About: World , The World , Kenzie
TA would hit it (she totally would)
2008-02-10 04:31:00 Just finished my first week of work, and it was hella fun. Yay, me! I met all sorts of interesting people at work. There’s my semi-cute, early-30’s boss, Mr. McKenzie , who doesn’t really make my heart race when I see him (plus he kind of has a beer gut), although I’d still hit it. I’d totally ... More About: Carl , Dexter , Judy , Murray
Act your age
2008-01-30 09:23:00 While waiting at the clinic for my pre-employment medical exam, I met Janice, a 45-year-old fellow applicant who had three kids, all older than I am. (Most of my co-workers are in their mid-20’s to mid-40’s. Am I intimidated? Naaah.) Like many other fellow applicants, as well as a couple of the folks at HR, Janice ...
When the going gets tough, the tough kick ass.
2008-01-27 12:33:00 On the heels of my semi-rejection (the “Uh, we’ll think about it” kind) from Dream College, I blew a lot of money on clothes and shoes. Totaling the receipts post-retail therapy brought me to the conclusion that I needed to get a job. The following day, I checked out the classifieds and some online listings to ... More About: Tough , Kick
I think I?m in love.
More articles from this author:2008-01-16 02:34:00 Just watched Detroit Rock City last night on HBO, and I’ve decided that Jam (Sam Huntington) is officially my dream boyfriend. Besides, as far as I’m concerned, anyone ballsy (or horny) enough to lose their virginity in a confessional booth is a real fuckin’ inspiration. More About: Love 1, 2, 3 |
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