This will be my third year of my Authentic Lent blog. For the first two years I joined Pete Rollins and the "Atheism for Lent" course and spent the forty-five days of Lent hearing the voices the past (for the most part). Voices that are long gone, but that offered the people of their time a different take on life than had been offered through the conventional religious channels of the day. Voices like Frederich Nietsche, Jean Meslier, Marguerite Porete and Robert Ingersoll. Scattered through out my thoughts of the "Atheism for Lent" reading assignments are my own journey notes, not always about the AFL homework subjects. I spent the forty five days of Lent just purging my soul of its contents.
This year, Lent ends on Good Friday again, and on my 56th birthday. I decided to forgo Peter Rollins "Atheism for Lent" course and do somewhat of my own "Atheism for Lent". This time, I want to bring to my blog, the voices of today. The great thinkers that still share the Earth's atmosphere with me: Philosophers, Scientists, Authors, Podcasters and Youtubers that have been guides for me along the journey.
Most of the voices that I will share here in the next month and a half are well known to the deconversion community. Our little band of apostates have been encouraged by so many of these pilgrims that have gone before us. We all feel less alone because of them. So during Lent this year, I want to share the wisdom and insight I have gathered from each of them with the hope to pass along some of that gold to others who have found themselves outside of their Christian communities. We don't have to be alone. We are not alone.
I am not as organized as Pete Rollins is, so I have no schedule. But each day, I'll see what inspires me and who crosses my path. I also want to go back to the archives and read each corresponding day from the last two years. I will add links to those entries at the end of each post.
I invite you to journey along with me during this season of Lent. Like I said... we don't have to be alone... we are not alone.
