Dr. Dawkins:
I would like to add my name to the ever-growing list of those lured from the flock by your writings. I must admit I was already on the road of doubt when I encountered your book, "The Blind Watchmaker," in my Introduction to Philosophy class freshman year of university.
I was...
I was a youth minister, a theist among theists. I was passionate about God, Jesus, and the whole thing. The problem was is that it was slowly destroying my life.
The concept that there was "saved" and "unsaved" - essentially dividing equal people into seperate groups - and being told the unsaved...
Hi Richard,
just like to mention that by reading your works - most notably the God Delusion - I have become very self-assured in my disbelief. I am a 23 year old student at St Andrews university, and it was there that I first became aware of your opinions and passionate views on atheism. For...
I am an atheist. I can now state that I have believed in no gods all my life; it's just taken 54 years to be able to verbalize it. It was a real revelatory moment in my life, much like when at 18 I recognized that I was gay. I have always been gay, but I learned to put a label on my feelings,...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I would like to thank you for your fantastic book 'The God Delusion'. Before I started reading, I was very much an agnostic, but as I made my way through the book, I was completely bowled over by the truth you were writing. You were thinking what I was thinking...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
It took me 30 years to pry myself loose of the Roman Catholic religion I was indoctrinated into. Unfortunately I haven't been able to bring my family into the light of reason with me, at least not yet. It was merely 5 weeks before I purchased "The God Delusion" that...
I have long been highly sceptical of religion but was yet to articulate the opinions I was coming to form.
Your programme on Channel Four, The Root Of All Evil?, gave me enormous clarity.
I am now reading The God Delusion and enjoying it thoroughly.
I now enjoy engaging others on the subject...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
Whilst I'm afraid that I can't give you the credit for my current Atheism, I would still like to share my thoughts and feelings on the subject with the other readers of Converts Corner.
I still feel vaguely disgusted with myself for the time that I spent learning...
Dear Dr. Dawkins,
I want to reassure you that you are making a difference. You and others like you, from the pugnacious Sam Harris to the revolutionary Daniel Dennett to the heroic James Randi, are freeing minds at this very moment. Few legacies will deserve more credit than yours come the day...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
As many of your readers, I have been brought up as a "Christian child", not realizing that I was in fact merely the child of Christian parents. I have recently left my faith behind and now consider myself an Atheist, with pride I might add. Your book has provided me with...
Dear Richard,
I am happy to say that your book "The God Delusion" is responsible for 100% of my conversion to Atheism. However, I am sad to say that it may cost me my girlfriend. She is more Christian than God. Although I tried explaining to her my reasons for being an atheist, she just...
Mr. Dawkins,
I just recently finished reading your book The God Delusion and I must say it was very inspiring. For one, it gave me a topic for my psychology CRP (similar to a dissertation). I plan to study the harmful effects of indoctrinating (a.k.a. brainwashing) young children in religious...