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Five years ago I knew what I “was not.” I “was not” a Christian any longer, but I didn’t have a firm handle on what it is that I “was.” Much thanks to Internet Infidels, and hours of fascinated reading, I discovered that I was an atheist, a humanist. The articles posted on here have helped me to clarify what it is that I am, rather than what I “am not.” Your posted articles have urged me to “go on” and explore many of these authors’ books and encouraged me to push the envelope of my mindset. And the mindsets of those around me. A reader from Anacortes, Washington
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