I Ain't Seen You In A Month A Sundays

In an area where religion is often considered the default state of being, what is it like to make one's way through life without it? How do you decide who and who not to tell? How do you break the news to Family? Friends? Random Strangers on the Street? Are the reactions more often than not positive or negative? How does it feel to be in the minority? What are the repercussions socially? Financially? Do you face open prejudice? I hope to answer these urgent questions and many more by imparting my own personal experiences on the matter to you.

Hello and Welcome to the Seersucker Social! A lovely location where we get together to drink sweet tea and sip mint juleps while discussin’ the latest gossip and blessin’ everybody’s heart.

Yeah, not really. I hope you didn't have your heart set on that.

In fact, I'm here because I’ve decided to give you an idea of what atheism is like day to day. In the Bible Belt. Where I was born, grew up, deconverted from Christianity, and continue to reside quite happily to this day. I plan to discuss a plethora of topics ranging from my personal religious background to how to identify an actual cult from a slightly off the wall mainstream church.

I will also attempt to answer reasonable questions that readers ask me. If anyone ever reads and/or cares enough about this blog to do so. I'm going to try to blog on a semi-frequent basis but keep in mind, I've never even kept a diary for more than like three days. Let's all hope determination and perseverance see me through. Also, I did not major in English so don't expect too much on the grammar front.

Now, to tell you a little bit about myself, I have presently reached the ripe old age of 27 and I reside in the foothills of the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains National Park. I'm going to go ahead and claim here that none of my incredibly nerdy interests are going to leak through onto this blog. That last sentence is complete and utter bullshit. At any rate, I'll try to keep it to a minimum.

Now that that's all over, grab a glass of your preferred beverage, pull up your favorite porch chair, and get ready. Let's jump right in feet first.

Thanks for Reading,

A Southern Atheist

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