Megan’s Story
November 4th, 2009 | 
Author: An introduction to Megan:
I was born and bred in San Jose and have lived all my life on the West Coast. Although my father is Jewish, I grew up in a Catholic family and had a very moderate Catholic education. We did not go to church much and prayer was not an everyday thing. We did, however, have a traditional ‘moment of silence’ before dinner as always insisted by my mother, although this was mostly spent on inspecting our food. Nonetheless, we did enjoy a stable and loving upbringing and the Christian belief did help me when the times were tough.
In my college years I lost what little religious belief I had and focused on atheism. I was a regular contributor to atheist forums and blogs and munched through many atheists books. I enjoyed the discussions on moral philosophies of atheism and secularism I had with my sorority.
It was only after I met Bruce when we started talking about the values of Christian Atheism. When our first child was born, we, as uncertain parents, had trouble deciding what values we should teach her. We decided to bring Sandra up on the same, solid moral values we were taught ourselves, with the absence of an omnipotent entity. Our family are happy and we would like to share this with others.
I would be excited to talk with you about our experiences and I hope you will contribute no matter what denomination or life philosophy.
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this website is disgusting, you atheists make me sick. How can you put this sort of crap on the internet.
Sam
Why do you think that?
Megan, are you hot?
Bruce thinks so
To have been raised in a blended family of these two powerful cultures was a gift.
Judaism is the senior western culture of the earth, most stimulative of the left hemisphere, and Catholicism is the senior western culture of the hidden world, the right hemisphere.
I believe the answer lies in balancing these two influences in our personalities – with some attention as well to our primal R-complex – which I call trifurcism.
An emersion in Athiesm forces you to ask the question, “what about Christianity am I missing”, and you start to get the feeling that you have thrown the baby out with the bathwater.
@Randy K
As an atheist I have indeed been sometimes ‘jealous’ of the self-fulfilment Christians have recieved from their belief. As a Christian atheist I have some of this fulfilment and guidance without comprimising my sense of reason.
I like your explanations of the psychological and cognitive side of religions. What would you recommend for further reading on this?
Sam,
your a f****, your probably sucking the d*** of some priest,
atheism is the only truth
Brad
@Megan
The Division of Consciousness: The Secret Afterlife of the Human Psyche
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
The Way: The Essential Classic of Opus Dei’s Founder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization_of_brain_function
this idea though of Catholicism lining up with the non-linear right hemisphere and Judaism lining up with the right hemisphere, is based on my personal direct experience of each culture and observation of friends and collegues.
you can read my rantings here:
http://www.nderf.com/phpBB2/search.php?search_author=kroeran
Hi, I just moved back east after living in the east bay area for 5 years. I embraced atheism last year and I’m now living back in the bible belt. I’d like to find more people with your slant on Christian ethics. I still look toward the gospels as an example of how we should treat one another. I wish more people would think more about carving the Beatitudes on a 2 ton block of granite outside a courthouse as opposed to the ten commandments. Anyway, I like what you are doing and hope that the idea can spread to this part of the woods. Best wishes.