Now twenty-one and an ‘Oxford-based Glaswegian’, I was brought up by atheistic/agnostic parents, although in a pretty Protestant town, who encouraged me to find things out myself and make my own decisions. When I was quite young – as a keen reader – I attempted to read the Bible, but not only...
Well….here I was growing up in a catholic family in middle America. With 12 brothers & sisters, there was always someone to play with. There always came the ever so dreadfully boring Sunday mornings when we had to dress up & go to church. Once in while, one of us would try to hide in a closet...
Dear Richard,
I hope I may write with this familiarity, and I'm assuming that it is Richard Dawkins who reads these e-mails.
I am an 18-year-old female from Bangladesh, living in Vietnam for nine years, daughter of Hindu parents. There is a story in the Hindu mythology about a small boy...
Dear Mr. Dawkins,
Today is the very first time I will ever type these words out: I am an atheist. I am thirty-five years old and for as long as I can remember I have always struggled with my faith. I was brought up Roman Catholic and when I was a child I believed wholeheartedly that God was...
Dear Richard Dawkins,
I've been thinking to myself, "Where do I go from here?" for the past few months, and have neglected to think that other atheists might have gone through this sort of experience. I remembered from reading The God Delusion there you had a website which might have...
Dr. Dawkins
(Hopefully, someday we'll call you Sir Richard)
After finding your material through a friend and watching just about every you-tube video of you and the other three "horsemen" available, especially your early '90s 5-hr Christmas Lectures, I just had to get in here and tell you...
I am an American southerner who has always lived here. I was born Catholic and raised Protestant. I was made to go to Sunday school and read the Bible all the time, but I never could get into it. I always questioned things and if the question was too hard for anyone to answer, that "it's God's...
Dear Prof. Dawkins,
I would like to take the opportunity to thank you very much fo your book "The God Delusion". It helped me to finally break free of the religion I have long been a part of. I have been brought up in a rather extreme brand of christian faith (Mormonism). When I look back...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
My name is Johnathan Robert Hogan. I was raised in a Catholic family (my mother was methodist, but later converted to Catholicism). For as long as I can remember, I never doubted the existence of God. My mother would often read the Bible to us using a version made...
Dear Richard,
I used to be a christian, I was brought up in the salvation army then when i turned 19 i stopped going for a while because i felt it was restricting me to live a life like my friends. I still believed in God back then, but now when i was reccomended by my boyfriend to read your...
Romania, 1979 - 2000
Well I grew up being told by everyone at home or school that I am an Orthodox Christian, but I never actually knew what that meant let alone given a chance to choose..although I am told I DID resist being baptised (at the age of 1) by peeing inside that church...
Dear Professor Dawkins,
I can remember the day, date and year, I wanted to 'Come Out' and 'Reach Out.'
I was 30 years of age, I am now 48. My family and long lost relatives were all religious and played an active part in the religious community.
Thinking about it now, the first time I...