I love how he said, "You don't decide one day, 'I'm and atheist.' It's not a decision. Instead it's a conclusion you came to."

At age six, I concluded the Bible is just a book of stories or fables written by men. Like Aesop's Fables. Despite being forced to attend Sunday school, I never believed in an invisible god.

At age 12, I put my foot down. "Mom, I'm an atheist," I said. "I don't want to go the church anymore." "That's fine, honey," she replied. "What do you want for dinner?"

"I became an atheist in nursing school when I realized a woman cannot turned into salt," Mom said dryly when I was 35. She laughed.

Thanks for this post. The message is very powerful but put in such a gentle way.