Introduction

I have titled this blog The Everyday Atheist because that is what I am, an average, everyday American who happens to be atheist. Many of the coming posts will be my thoughts and experiences as a non-believer surrounded by Christians. I live in a rural farming community in North Carolina. I live an average life as far as work, home and family go. It doesn’t feel so average, however. It feels, very often, isolated, at least when it comes to my views and beliefs and knowing that they are not shared by 99% of the people I come in contact with each day. In a community this small, and in the small town where I work, non-believers are basically non-existent. So, I decided to start a blog. I can spout my blasphemous opinions here without being fired from my job or the townsfolk showing up at my house with torches and pitchforks and I won’t drive my daughter crazy because she is my only sounding board. I can get it all out.

I am “out” as an atheist at my place of work and with my family, who are all Christian. I don’t discuss my beliefs at work because I feel it’s inappropriate, although my co-workers don’t hold to that same workplace rule. That is another reason for this blog: my responses to the constant barrage of religious commentary I hear on a daily basis while I try to do my job. I work with over a hundred people and my position involves me interacting with every department, every day. So, when I say “barrage”, I’m not really exaggerating all that much.

I don’t intend to attack people personally or bash Christians, though I can’t promise it won’t ever happen. But I guarantee I will bash Christianity and other religions as the need arises. It’s my blog and I can bash if I want to. Also, it won’t only be a place for me to vent. It will be a place to think, discuss issues, raise awareness and hopefully offer support to other remote non-believers who feel isolated in their own communities. Maybe we’ll actually discover we weren’t as alone as we thought.

-Linda

"We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes."
--Gene Roddenberry