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Dying Atheist Tells a Heartbreaking Story About Being Condemned By Her Religious Sister
by Hemant Mehta
I don’t think religious people always understand the difficulties of being an atheist in certain families, in certain parts of the country. But the isolation some atheists feel is very real and it can have a drastic impact on their lives.
During yesterday’s taping of The Atheist Experience — a Texas-based call-in, public access talk show about atheism — a caller named Dana told a heartbreaking story about how she became an atheist after growing up in a very religious household, and how that secret was finally discovered at the worst possible time. It begins at the 1:14:14 mark. (Update: I posted an unedited version of the video earlier. The timestamp now fits with the edited video.)
She and her sister are both “suffering from illnesses” right now and nearing the ends of their lives. When they spoke on the phone last week, her sister confronted her about her alleged atheism, telling Dana, “I want you to know you’re going to Hell, and I don’t want to go to Heaven without you, and you better get right with God.”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/12/05/dying-atheist-tells-heartbreaking-story-condemned-religious-sister/
I don’t think religious people always understand the difficulties of being an atheist in certain families, in certain parts of the country. But the isolation some atheists feel is very real and it can have a drastic impact on their lives.
During yesterday’s taping of The Atheist Experience — a Texas-based call-in, public access talk show about atheism — a caller named Dana told a heartbreaking story about how she became an atheist after growing up in a very religious household, and how that secret was finally discovered at the worst possible time. It begins at the 1:14:14 mark. (Update: I posted an unedited version of the video earlier. The timestamp now fits with the edited video.)
She and her sister are both “suffering from illnesses” right now and nearing the ends of their lives. When they spoke on the phone last week, her sister confronted her about her alleged atheism, telling Dana, “I want you to know you’re going to Hell, and I don’t want to go to Heaven without you, and you better get right with God.”
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/12/05/dying-atheist-tells-heartbreaking-story-condemned-religious-sister/
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