To Professor Richard Dawkins,
I used to be one of the many who looked up at the ceiling at talked to a fictional man with a beard waiting for a reply that never came. My parents would always tell me that this was just the way that God worked and that I must be patient. Whenever something good happened it was because God was...
Dear Mr Dawkins,
I grew up in a moderately religious family, attended Sunday school and many Christian schools. However, I have to say that I always remained a tad skeptical of various legends perpetuated by the Bible. One of the most prominent examples was the New Testament's story of Jesus' sacrifice; it really...
I started writing a letter about my journey to becoming an atheist and it was just getting too long and I'm too busy. Suffice it to say that The God Delusion was the icing on a pretty thick cake. Thank you, sir, for your courage of your convictions. I wish I had more of it. I'm still...
Hello Richard!
Douglas Adam's is not the only convert to atheism!
I am 20 and from Northern Ireland, living not far from Belfast. My parents are creationists and have attended baptist churches most of their lives, as a result I was indoctrinated from a young age. But, I was skeptical from a young age too and...
Dear Prof. Dawkins,
My first encounter with The God Delusion was about 4 years ago in college. For a small class of around 10 students our professor read out excerpts from the God Delusion encouraging us to read it. At the time I was a pseudo-agnostic; I say pseudo because even though I prided myself on being...
Dear Richard Dawkins,
I am a young university student from Australia. I am 20 years old. For as long as I can remember, I have been raised under the constant presence of the Roman Catholic Faith. All four of my grandparents are devout catholics, as are my parents. The primary schools I attended were founded on...
Dear Richard,
I lost my religion overnight sometime around 2005 (thank god... hahahahaha....). Now I have to say thank goodness instead! I remember waking up one morning and thinking out of the blue, "there is no God; this is all rubbish." I was a wee bit scared at first because I was so...
Hello Richard,
Like the awesome Douglas Adams I came to my questioning of god and religion through reading The Selfish Gene and then The Blind Watchmaker. I can't say I became an atheist at that time but it start me out on that path.
I was raised by a single mother who was agnostic and had...
Hello Professor Dawkins!
I hope you are well! I also hope that this email will reach you.
I am currently doing my PhD in cancer biology from the MD Anderson cancer center at Houston (I like to tell it to whoever I meet coz its kind of a big deal for me!). I am from India and belong to the...
Dear Richard,
I live in the United States of America, and I was raised by two devout Roman Catholic parents who honestly believe everything in Genesis is literally true. As such, I was not taught about evolution until high school, and what I was taught was not enough to convince anybody that...
Howdy Richard and Lalla if you read these musings as well, I seem to be a bit different to most of the people who write to your converts corner in that by the time I had heard of you and then read your book,I was pretty well certain of Gods place or lack of it in the world, solar system,...
Dear Richard Dawkins,
I am an 18 year old man and I live in the United States near Chicago. I truly would like to thank you for helping me along my path to reality! I was brought up into a Catholic house and was forced to go to Catholic classes after school because I went to a public school. I...