Dear Richard,
My name is Davor, I’m 17 years old and I’m from Croatia. First, I want to thank you for writing all those books and articles that helped me to become atheist. Before that, I was non-religious, but I believed in some supernatural power, some kind of personal God. I don’t expect...
I was born in a Catholic home, raised a fundamentalist Baptist, and spent my 20s as a worship leader in a Methodist church. I was a young-earth creationist, believed in the literal inerrancy of the Bible, and was convinced I was saved because Jesus died for me.
Then I ran across your lecture...
Dear Richard Dawkins,
I am a 19 year University student who grew up in a Christian family. After spending years wrestling with religion and spirituality but never finding any resolution or constant peace with the world or God, my life was forever changed when a friend of mine turned me on to...
Dear Dr Dawkins,
You taught my younger brother in the early 70's at Oxford and he still remembers you striding into the lecture hall and asking " Who does NOT believe in evolution ? "
I studied physics and then did an D Phil in engineering, both at Oxford. So I guess you could call me "...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
Like many people in the UK, I was raised as a christian; C of E specifically. I went to a faith school because it was the best state school in the area, and my mother backed up much of what they taught me at home - although, looking back now, I realise that my father...
Professor Dawkins,
How science save my soul - or coming to your senses before it's too late.
I was once a very active and committed Christian. I was the church treasurer, served on multiple committees, was a choir member and was active with the youth group. But I always had a science bug,...
Dear Mr. Dawkins,
I'm and 18 year old girl from Israel. I was born and raised in an Orthodox Jewish family. Religion was forced upon me since I can remember myself. The first time I remember questioning religion was when I was about 5 years old. I was a curious child and I remember asking...
Hello, Richard.
I really hope that my letter will reach you. I write with the help of Google translator because my English is not very good, excuse me.
I am from Russia. I want to thank you sincerely for your work in biology and promoting atheism. I read your book "The Selfish Gene", then...
Dear Richard,
I don't know how to begin to thank you. I know you must receive millions of hateful messages from people so much like me, except that they never managed to break free.
I am a 20 year old American woman, born into a fundamentalist Christian family, who is just learning for the...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I don't really know where to begin and where this mail would eventually end up, but I shall try to keep it short.
While being born and bred a Christian, I have always had a internal struggle within me for as long as I can remember. To put it more clearly, the...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I am no longer a person of faith. I was doubtful my whole life and the church in which I grew up never failed to emphasis that this was a bad thing. As a kid, it scared me to death; I was incapable of blind faith and was at risk of eternal torment because of it. In The...
Dr. Dawkins,
I felt I should respond to your query regarding the existence of other such "converts". I consider myself a "hybrid-convert". While I was raised Roman Catholic, and have upheld my faith, I constantly questioned what I was taught. Between yourself, Dr. David M. Buss, Dr. Matt...