Living After Faith

Daniel tells his story of escaping two cults before leaving faith altogether. From extreme Catholicism to moderate Pentecostalism and finally he is at peace with being a full-on atheist. Music in this episode is Rosecross by Morrison’s Prophecy.

Living After Faith now has theme music, compliments of Kevin Byrne. Kevin was a minister of music who left faith, and is moving up in Seattle’s music scene. This episode features some of his music, and his story of escaping an abusive xtian group. Morrison’s Prophecy Morrison’s Prophecy on Facebook

Sara Andrews is a student in Madison, Wisconsin who was raised in an Evangelical home. She tells how she saw through Christianity and became an atheist.

In this episode we talk with Dustin Williams, a former Seventh Day Adventist seminary student who left faith, and discovered sexual hangups during his recovery. His creative way of overcoming can be both educational and inspirational. Dustin’s Blog X-SDA on Facebook Dan Savage American Atheists National Convention

The book “The Atheist’s Way; Living Well Without Gods” is all about living a life with meaning. If you’ve struggled with the apparent meaningless of life without God, this podcast is a great place to start to get on the road to creating meaning. Get the book at Amazon.com or at Barnes And Nobel

Hector Avalos is Professor of Religious Studies at Iowa State University. He was a child evangelist at the age of 9, and discovered his religion was wrong. Hear him tell his story of how he left religion, and became a world renowned atheist scholar and author. Hector Avalos will be speaking at the American Atheists … Continue reading Hector Avalos – Episode 17

We talk to David Silverman, President of American Atheists, about coming out as an atheist and the benefits of meeting other people who feel the same way you do. We also talk about the upcoming American Atheists National Convention, this April in Des Moines Iowa. We’re going, are you?

Living After Faith is now more interactive. This episode is quite short, but explains how YOU can literally come LAF with us.

Dr. Darrel Ray explains his Sex and Religion survey while a naked Deanna Joy asks him questions. She did that just to keep it interesting! Take the survey here before January 30th, and pass it on to all your friends: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PGHSWMW

Is there such a thing as religion that does no harm? NO! And in this episode we tell you WHY. Xtian warning: If you are a Christian and you don’t want to be offended, this is an episode to skip. We examine how religion, even in its most innocuous forms, destroy life and the value … Continue reading Innocuous Religion – Episode 13

A fun interview with Hank Fox, a fellow escaped Texan and author of the book “Red Neck Blue Collar Atheist: Simple Thoughts about Reason, God & Faith” http://blue-collar-atheist.com/ http://hankfoxbooks.com/

In this episode we talk with Chad, a life-long Jehovah’s Witness who left the church and became an atheist. I’ve spent more time editing this episode that I imagined, because I had to balance my friendshp with Chad and my desire to protect him from saying too much, and my respect for my listeners, which … Continue reading No Longer Witnessing for Jehovah – Episode 11

Dr. Darrel Ray joins us on Living After Faith to help us better understand how we are infected with the “God Virus.” Like any virus, it’s important to remember that there is no guilt for catching it. The focus is to recover from it. http://thegodvirus.net/ http://www.recoveringreligionists.com/

We’ve had lots of requests and questions about PTSD, so this episode focuses more closely on what it is and how to recognize it. We also have resources for you: About.com PTSD symptoms list (a little more extensive than the Mayo Clinic’s list): http://ptsd.about.com/od/symptomsanddiagnosis/a/PTSDsymptoms.htm Atheist Experience: http://www.atheist-experience.com/  (show info) http://atheistexperience.blogspot.com/   (blog) Dr. Darrell Ray: http://www.recoveringreligionists.com/About_RR.html http://thegodvirus.net/

Hate mail and LAF letters. Our responses to the things that YOU commented on.

What do atheists have to be thankful for? Listen and find out. This one is light-hearted, unedited and totally off the cuff fun. No serious stuff, but fun and gives you a look at who we are. Enjoy! Links to things we talked about: Daniel Dennet’s article “Thank Goodness” http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dennett06/dennett06_index.html The big power outage at … Continue reading Atheists Giving Thanks – Episode 7

These podcasts have stirred up some old symptoms. You can hear them in this podcast. I didn’t want to publish this one, but Deanna says it’s important. PTSD is ugly. This podcast is ugly, but you can hear PTSD first hand. And maybe you can see enough to realize you or someone you love needs … Continue reading Pushing through PTSD – Episode 6

A few questions have been asked, here we get the answers.

Christianity left Rich Too Fucked up to Fuck. The story of how a man experienced sexual abuse, and with the loving help of another, recovered. If you have sexual issues stemming from religion, this is NOT an episode to miss. Mentioned in this episode: Dan Savage: http://www.thestranger.com/savage and his podcast: http://podcasts.thestranger.com/savagelove/

Unfaithfully Yours Rich Lyons has told you about some of the lows he has experienced in life, now he is joined by his wonderful wife Deanna Joy Lyons to describe their wonderful life together. A life without faith.