general info

Hello and welcome. Call me Defaithed. Male, 40-ish, American. (Not that any of those matter.) 

The writings to follow have been a long time in coming. A really long time – over 20 years. There'll be a lot to say.

After so many years of having "lost the faith", I think the first public writing I've done on the topic – i.e., outside of private communications with friends/family – was a few comments in an article on the Richard Dawkins web site, Two Ex-Jehovah Witnesses to Tell Why They Became Atheists. Look there for comments by "defaithed"; that's me. An excerpt by way of self-introduction: Readeth thou more

My daily reads

On the topics relevant to this site, these are sites I check without fail. I wish I had time to add many more –

Richard Dawkins site

One of the champions of reason.
http://richarddawkins.net/

Pharyngula

Updated at a mad pace by PZ Myers, a heavyweight in the blogging world. Great to have this site on "our side".
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

Evolution

Science, Evolution, and Creationism

A great primer by the National Academy of Sciences. Free short version available for download.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11876

Christianity

The Dark Bible

The Bible exposed.
http://www.nobeliefs.com/DarkBible/DarkBibleContents.htm Readeth thou more