2011 in Review

What a year it's been! In January I had left Christianity but was still wavering on the question of God, and just 12 months later I've been accepted by my immediate family and a group of school friends as an atheist. Along the way I read a few very enlightening books and made a few popular posts that I'm quite happy with. I've been slacking a little recently, but overall I accomplished much more with this blog than I ever expected to.

Here are my posts from November:

• September & October in Review: An index of my 25 posts from Sept. and Oct. 2011
• Atheist Ear Candy: A look at 6 podcasts that cover science, atheism & skepticism
• The Ontological Argument Defeats Christianity: Just by replacing a few words
• The Holy Sacrament... of Doom: Can communion cause illness, death & damnation?
• Born from Above: A translation blunder shows the "born again" story in John is fake
• Truly Big Ideas: Concepts like the afterlife are poorly conceived—& we can do better
• The Suffering Servant: How we know Isaiah 53 doesn't predict Jesus' crucifixion
• The Sorcerer and the Squid: A fable illustrating the flaws in saying "God did it"
• Powerful Thoughts, Vol. 3: A third batch of quotes on God, religion, science & more
• What Do You Mean By That?: Christians often uncritically accept vague buzzwords

And from December:

• Keeping an Open Mind: What should convince one that God does or doesn't exist?
• The Ultimatum: UCSD preacher says I must tell my parents I'm an atheist, or he will
• Breaking the News: Preacher lets up on the ultimatum, I still tell them, things go well
• The Debate Begins: Discussion with my dad about atheism, miracles & more
• Infographic Interlude: 5 charts that effectively & efficiently criticize religion
• Church Happenings: The egregious things I've heard pastors say while preaching
• Advanced Redditing: More about reddit for atheists, skeptics and science lovers
• 'Tis the Season: Examining the myriad problems with Jesus' birth narratives

I probably won't be posting quite as much in 2012 as I did last year. One of my major objectives has now been accomplished: to help me prepare for revealing my unbelief to my family. That said, I'll certainly remain active, because there are plenty of topics I still want to explore.