Greetings,
My name is Joe. I am 21 years old and am about to begin my Master's in Psychology at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
My parents sent me to a catholic elementary school and a catholic high school - that's 12 years of my life. You might say I was brainwashed early on....
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I just want to thank you. I want to thank you and Christopher Hitchens (there are some more who could be named) for open up my eyes and for developing reasonable thoughts concerning religion.
Youre lectures and discussions (especially with father Coyne) convinced...
Professor Dawkins,
I believe that the purpose of this email is cathartic more than anything; not for anyone else, but for me, as I'm sure most of these emails are.
I was born and raised in the Bible Belt of the Southeastern United States. I was greatly fortunate to be born into a loving...
Dear Richard Dawkins,
I have noticed the very long list of letters on your website, and it is a source of both comfort and disappointment to me. The comfort comes from the feeling I get that I am not alone as an atheist and a freethinker. The disappointment comes from the fact that you...
Hello Mr Dawkins,
I have sent a few emails before but I just wanted to say thank you.
I'm 14 and I live in Australia and attend a school which is obsessed with Christianity (For some bizarre reason).
My good friend Greg and I have managed to persuade a few undecided christians into becoming...
Hello Professor Dawkins,
I am a student at Laurentian University in Ontario Canada. I am 21 years old and am currently studying Biochemistry. I feel that I should very much thank you for opening my eyes to the necessity of accepting, and more publicly admitting that I am indeed an atheist. ...
Dear Prof. Dawkins
This is more of a coming out story than a conversion story.
Until around 2 years ago, I had never really heard of the term "Atheist" or "Agnostic" and I had always considered myself a catholic (as I was brought up in a catholic area and in catholic schools) even though I...
Hello! I am a 42 year old woman from Indiana. I am not a blogger. I do not have my own website nor am I active on social networks. So, this is my way of raising my hand to you and letting you know another non-believer has surfaced. I hope the telling of my personal story isn't too muddled. ...
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 "...