How Does A Person Go From Believer To Atheist?

[trotsky]

TED Talk video of Julia Sweeney

http://www.npr.org/2013/11/22/245953429/how-does-a-person-go-from-believer-to-atheist

Julia Sweeney is an actor and writer best known for her four-year run on Saturday Night Live and her solo shows. Her recent piece, Letting Go of God, traces a spiritual journey that takes an unexpected turn toward science and ends with atheism.

Her book If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother, is on parenting and being parented. She performs regularly with Jill Sobule, telling stories alongside Jill's songs, in their "Jill & Julia Show."

[longship]

1. I love Julia Sweeney!

She is quite funny and very charming. Quite creative, too.

Love her first TED Talk.

[on point]

2. They catch on they are being conned

[rock]

3. Maturing

[pokerfan]

4. k&r

[skepticscott]

5. Reading the Bible

And actually using their brain to think about it. Deciding not to eat whatever is put in front of them, like they were told to when they were 6 years old.