tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post6588452135023129030..comments2023-08-28T05:35:23.205-07:00Comments on Crabmommy: Atheist Moms Unite!Crabmommyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06167006707545335140noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-27122966970385330192010-03-11T07:12:37.980-08:002010-03-11T07:12:37.980-08:00I enjoyed reading this post, very thought provokin...I enjoyed reading this post, very thought provoking for me as I was raised Catholic. Thanks!reginahttp://www.ecreditmagic.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-55818701343455020832010-02-24T14:11:17.401-08:002010-02-24T14:11:17.401-08:00I'm an atheist mom! I found your blog after go...I'm an atheist mom! I found your blog after googling "atheist mom blog." Glad to find you! I just started entered the blogosphere myself, after deciding we need more voices out here!Serah B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13450464614078882364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-4623785458299922152010-01-20T14:57:35.113-08:002010-01-20T14:57:35.113-08:00Hi, I just found your post as I was looking for th...Hi, I just found your post as I was looking for the Atheist Mom's blogroll. Why don't we have one???? Everybody else does and I am tired of loosing readers every time I discuss religion, politics or sex! We should start one... are ya in? (big grin)Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10423176435574456011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-43192984792697010872009-12-14T12:02:49.436-08:002009-12-14T12:02:49.436-08:00I've been an atheist for most of my life. My ...I've been an atheist for most of my life. My father was Presbyterian and my Mom wasn't affiliated with any religion. I sort of figured out there were an awful lot of religions in the world when I was in middle school and I didn't think any of them was 100% correct. Believing in supernatural beings and occurances seemed bizzarre to me. I'm raising 2 children without the belief in any particular religion. If they decided one day that they wanted to follow one, it would be fine with me but I am 100% atheist and have explained to my children why I don't attend church and why I don't see the necessity in belonging to a religious group. I think it will help them make a better decision for themselves. <br />It is difficult to be an atheist in a community of mostly Catholics and Christian religions but I'm proud of what I believe and stand by it with perfectly clear reasoning. A person can be good without God and that's what I hope I instill in my children.artsymomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-11781829831363260892009-05-18T08:26:00.000-07:002009-05-18T08:26:00.000-07:00I am a non-believer (Christian/Muslim/Catholic..et...I am a non-believer (Christian/Muslim/Catholic..etc.) and found your site. I am also not a mommy but interested in hooking up other atheists. I turned away some years ago after neglect and abuse from our home church. (An Alliance Church in Canada)<br /><br />I'm writing because I just wanted to point out that there is a script virus on the immediate link to the Attack of The Redneck Mommy site you have listed. Not sure if this is new or meant to be, but thought I'd warn you and others. <br />Sela (In North-West Canada)Selanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-24445443519750725142009-04-06T13:33:00.000-07:002009-04-06T13:33:00.000-07:00Very late poster here--I am a non-believer. Yet, ...Very late poster here--I am a non-believer. Yet, I fake it and go to church here in the South. I moved here from up north and it has been tough moving down here. Going to church has been the best way to meet educated young parents. I often feel like an impostor, but mostly I just want to feel like I belong down here. I do often feel like a fraud, though...Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03950238049641232739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-28602109128571433412009-03-23T17:17:00.000-07:002009-03-23T17:17:00.000-07:00HI...late comment...just looking for other athiest...HI...late comment...just looking for other athiest bloggin moms...I'm actually proud of my spiritual stance (but wish we had nice big gothic buildings), it is nice to know there are others out there (while respecting mo-moms, christian-homeschoolers, jewish-waldorfers, etc...it'd be great to have a little lcub of our own wouldn't it?)kira www.tangarangblog.blogspot.comKira Franz-Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08928954112804566088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-46367487911383309322009-03-04T11:19:00.000-08:002009-03-04T11:19:00.000-08:00hi there. a little late to the party, but found t...hi there. a little late to the party, but found this post very interesting! it came up when i searched for atheist moms in nyc. i'm a believer, but just posted about my experiences sneaking into atheist society meetings back when i lived in fl. <BR/><BR/>i am so frustrated and sorry that we believers have often done a terrible job treating others with respect and love. let's keep trying to keep the lines of communication open--we have a lot to learn from each other!cool mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09197981207667422899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-75839135732429563542009-01-26T06:39:00.000-08:002009-01-26T06:39:00.000-08:00Dee: In my experience, it is the Atheists who spen...Dee: In my experience, it is the Atheists who spend their time studying religion. We find it fascinating. The "believers" just believe. They don't bother to learn about how this all got started. <BR/><BR/>Of my <A HREF="http://mothershandbook.net/about/" REL="nofollow">four boys</A>, I have two confirmed atheists and one "deist" (he doesn't like the label "atheist"). The fourth is pretty quiet on the subject—probably because he can't get a word in edgewise!The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-82457728008381395302009-01-26T06:27:00.000-08:002009-01-26T06:27:00.000-08:00Thank you for posting this. Im glad I stumbled on...Thank you for posting this. Im glad I stumbled on your blog. We've had similar experiences with going to church with people other than family. My best friend was a ministers daughter, I went to Sunday school with her for a long time. My parents weren't non-believers they just didn't go to church. I jumped in and out of many religions over the years thinking I was looking for guidance of some kind, when in all actuallity I was just fascinated with religion all together. Im an athiest who loves to learn about religion, Haha!<BR/><BR/>I have an atheist child. He was in middle school when he decided religion was not for him. And a few years later I followed his lead and put a label on my beliefs, I became a proud atheist. <BR/><BR/>We recently moved smack in the middle of Mormon land. Life is even more interesting now. Im expecting a cross to be burned on my lawn at any time. :)<BR/><BR/>Im really happy I found your blog. I feel less alone now that I found some more atheist mommies!!<BR/>:DMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510857374154586102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-72429997708712822722009-01-22T15:29:00.000-08:002009-01-22T15:29:00.000-08:00How fitting- This was posted on my birthday! Is th...How fitting- This was posted on my birthday! Is that a sign from God?<BR/>Not if you ask me. <BR/>But anyway, just found your blog and wanted to say that I am an atheist mother. I don't really blog about it, since on other so-called "mommy" websites the most ridiculous arguments were directed at me because of being atheist, in attempt to save my soul and all. It was just a silly way for some people to pass their time I guess, but it really got to be stupid.<BR/>Also,try singing long to "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For His Sunbeam" by the Vaselines. Much more appropriate, I find!*mary*https://www.blogger.com/profile/18441748358984280917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-2755640224666836862009-01-18T18:39:00.000-08:002009-01-18T18:39:00.000-08:00I'm an atheist mother! In fact I'm an atheist adop...I'm an atheist mother! In fact I'm an atheist adoptive mother, which seems to be a rare creature indeed. <BR/>I keep meaning to read "Parenting Beyond Belief", which is a guide for us non-believer parents.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16637206573387129101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-16403875252484839712009-01-16T12:38:00.000-08:002009-01-16T12:38:00.000-08:00I'm here *waves hand furiously*. Preacher's kid (...I'm here *waves hand furiously*. Preacher's kid (eveangelical) and slowly making my way in the non-believer world. Recently moved to the bible belt (I miss CA) but finding it's not as bad as I'd thought. <BR/><BR/>Found you through the Friendly Atheist and putting you on my reader. Glee!!!~mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873471305054273956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-11419483565790627222009-01-16T12:16:00.000-08:002009-01-16T12:16:00.000-08:00I'm not a mommy, but good for you! Kids don't "nee...I'm not a mommy, but good for you! Kids don't "need" god, they need good parents. And schools that teach actual information would be nice, too.PersonalFailurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03034292023591747601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-44046375828208689192009-01-15T07:15:00.000-08:002009-01-15T07:15:00.000-08:00@kellyache:Please don't be worried about your kids...@kellyache:<BR/>Please don't be worried about your kids. I have raised four boys, all with the same sense of skepticism about anything religious. They all have their heads screwed on perfectly straight—which is more than I can say about many people who were raised steeped in religious ferver.<BR/><BR/>Which would you rather have: a child who believes everything he's told and is firmly convinced that he'll go to hell if he screws up, or a child who THINKS?The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-5236562448268683232009-01-14T22:57:00.000-08:002009-01-14T22:57:00.000-08:00After thirty years of religious marinade, I woke u...After thirty years of religious marinade, I woke up and said "Hmmm." The past ten years have been god-free -- woohoo! All that being said, I don't look forward to my children's questions about gods and religions, because I'm afraid I'll be cynical despite my good intentions. For instance, I found a lovely painting of that virgin Mary in a very cool tramp art frame (art trumps religion). I hung it over the toilet. [Now that I see that in print, frig, I sound terrible. But it is meant to be funny. If I *did* believe in gods, I'm damn certain mine would have a wicked sense of humour.] Our daughter calls the painted lady 'Princess Mary' and I'm not so sure I want to tell her otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-33794515529372285822009-01-14T18:39:00.000-08:002009-01-14T18:39:00.000-08:00@themother-- you are SO right. when i have said ...@themother-- you are SO right. when i have said - in various social circles - that i have no ties to religion, was raised southern baptist, but harbor feelings of disdain toward religion now due to the fact that i was told i would burn in hell for whatever reason, etc., i get the *blank stare*. HOWEVER, if i say "i married a jew", i get the opposite - loads of respect, concerned nods and lots of questions; "will you raise the children jewish"?, etc.<BR/><BR/>ergh.<BR/><BR/>why can't we all just get along?Matter Of Fact Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153634579356074077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-25695960384172321862009-01-14T09:59:00.000-08:002009-01-14T09:59:00.000-08:00Here I am! Although I am more comfortable identif...Here I am! Although I am more comfortable identifying as Agnostic, because there's really nothing more annoying to me than a person who claims to know what happens after we die. I find it stressful---I was raised in a Christian-ish environment. We weren't religious in any God-ly sense though. In the South, a lot of what church is about is social connections and support. And status, too. But I just don't buy into manbeing-as-caretaker-of-world thing.<BR/><BR/>My husband and I often joke that it would be a hell of a lot easier if we did! TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-43313586805635739702009-01-14T05:05:00.000-08:002009-01-14T05:05:00.000-08:00Religion can have an important place in a child's ...Religion can have an important place in a child's life, Crabmommy.<BR/><BR/>I went to church religiously (did I just say that?) for three months when I was 14. <BR/><BR/>I went to a catholic school but my family never ever went to mass. I was searching for some answers after my favourite uncle died, so decided to go by myself one sunday. I didn't emerge any wiser.<BR/><BR/>What I did notice, however, was that the very fetching girl from just down the road was there. Unable to work up the courage to say hello to her at the bus stop every day I finangled my way into the pew behind her the following sunday and was able to not only talk to her, but also touch her when the "peace be with you" handshaking bit came up.<BR/><BR/>After 12 weeks I was very close to saying "hello" on the street after the service, when God took her away from me.<BR/><BR/>Her family moved house.tonyparkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642680619668762777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-49909970391553505222009-01-13T20:25:00.000-08:002009-01-13T20:25:00.000-08:00i am agnostic, bordering on athiest. i can't say ...i am agnostic, bordering on athiest. i can't say for sure there is no greater force out there. i don't put a face, or a name, or a belief system to it. how am i to know? i am but a speck, on a speck of dust, orbiting a bigger ball of fire.<BR/><BR/>that is about all i relate to my son on the topic. i keep all of it as scientific as possible. facts. when we die, our body gets eaten by worms and we recycle ourselves back into the earth. we take and we give. it helps that we compost, and that he's a boy (thus the idea of becoming worm poop is ridiculously cool). <BR/><BR/>i worry about when he starts up in school because i'm not sure how big of a deal it would be that we don't do religion. from the recent election, i get the sense our area is predominantly christian. oh, and the saturday morning jesus salesmen (and women, and elderly and children). i also hate the idea that if someone doesn't go to church it must mean they are christian, but without a church. like christianity is the "default". <BR/><BR/>i suppose i do have some sort of religion when the boy starts asking about it. it's <A HREF="http://www.venganza.org/" REL="nofollow">The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster</A> (Arrrrggg!), and i highly recommend checking into it. you will be grateful to have be touched by his noodly appendage. RAmenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-84972181983223032812009-01-13T16:15:00.000-08:002009-01-13T16:15:00.000-08:00I wasn't raised Southern Baptist, but we live ther...I wasn't raised Southern Baptist, but we live there, and I married a Jew. We're working on him, though...<BR/><BR/>It does come in handy, when your kids are forced to jump rope to "Jesus Loves Me" or to sing Christmas carols in Spanish class (I swear to the spirits of the universe, both are true, in public school)—if you tell the school that it's wrong because you are atheist/agnostic, you get nowhere. If you tell the school it's wrong because the family is Jewish, they see lawsuits decking the halls. Jewish just gets more respect.<BR/><BR/>The sad thing is that the religious DO NOT understand people like us.<BR/><BR/>Also sad: only a few posts on such an important topic. I guess most moms are afraid to come out of the closet.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-88663396929753695642009-01-13T15:52:00.000-08:002009-01-13T15:52:00.000-08:00i was raised southern baptist. if anything puts a...i was raised southern baptist. if anything puts a sour taste in one's mouth when it comes to any religion, it's being raised southern baptist.<BR/><BR/>now? i don't "do" religion.<BR/><BR/>but i have kids and i married a jew, so judaism will most likely be forced upon them.Matter Of Fact Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15153634579356074077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-14139787843354819242009-01-12T10:48:00.000-08:002009-01-12T10:48:00.000-08:00I don't think I'm an atheist, but I don't do relig...I don't think I'm an atheist, but I don't do religion. I wasn't raised with it, and from what I've witnessed of it, I don't plan on raising my son in a particular religion.Arty and Allyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12274565473971232807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-80854301064038703452009-01-12T09:32:00.000-08:002009-01-12T09:32:00.000-08:00We're out there. We are just socially ostracized. ...We're out there. We are just socially ostracized. While taking my homeschooled children on a walk once, a mom hailed me and told me how great it was that I was striking a blow for Christian values, and would I like to join her prayer group?<BR/><BR/>The knee jerk reaction to a mom who cares about her kids is that we share their old time religion. <BR/><BR/>You should have seen the look on her face when I told her I was an atheist.<BR/><BR/>BTW: The Freedom from Religion Foundation (http://www.ffrf.org/) does put up similar bulletin boards in various cities. They usually get themselves in loads of trouble.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3995876652383238082.post-6307166970382850552009-01-12T04:45:00.000-08:002009-01-12T04:45:00.000-08:00funny that the non-believer ad ran in the UK-where...funny that the non-believer ad ran in the UK-where there is supposedly no separation of church and state. teach everything-push nothing. amen! i mean...right on!!Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347742670785658481noreply@blogger.com