{"id":4952,"date":"2019-06-16T09:55:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-16T15:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/?p=4952"},"modified":"2019-06-16T09:55:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T15:55:54","slug":"episode-51-becoming-atheist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/episode-51-becoming-atheist\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 51 &#8211; Becoming Atheist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4891\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4952-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_51_-_Becoming_Atheist.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_51_-_Becoming_Atheist.mp3\">https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_51_-_Becoming_Atheist.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_51_-_Becoming_Atheist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=4952-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/secularhubcast\/Episode_51_-_Becoming_Atheist.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode_51_-_Becoming_Atheist.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">\n<p>Some say we are born atheist and religion is placed on us only after we are old enough to absorb it.\u00a0 That may be true, yet why do so many atheists need to leave a faith community?\u00a0 It what ways can it be simple or difficult?<\/p>\n<p>Describing one&#8217;s deconversion story can be a powerful way for atheists to meet and share ideas.\u00a0 Learning\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">why<\/span> someone left a community to face the real world on their own can give one great insight into who they really are.<\/p>\n<p>Join Chauncey and Jesse as they describe their journey&#8217;s from faith to atheism.<\/p>\n<p>You should totally come to <a href=\"https:\/\/apogaea.com\/\">Apogaea<\/a> next year!\u00a0 It was awesome!<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s not your thing check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miketheheadlesschicken.org\/mike\">Mike the Headless Chicken Day<\/a> instead!<\/p>\n<p>Hosts:\u00a0 Jesse Gilbertson, Chauncey<\/p>\n<p>Editor: Jesse Gilbertson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">\n<p>Logo Design: Terry Kirkham<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">The views and opinions expressed are those of their respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Secular Hub.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">***<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">The Secular HubCast: The Voice of Denver\u2019s Secular Hub.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">Become a member of the Secular Hub today!<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 1em\">Subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCw6r0_l8I4cZm0ohuUT2hyQ?view_as=subscriber\">YouTube Channel<\/a><br \/>\nFollow the Secular Hub on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SecularHub\/\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\nFollow the Secular Hub on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecularHub\">@SecularHub<\/a><br \/>\nMusic: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MkNeIUgNPQ8\">A Himitsu &#8211; Adventures<\/a> (unedited, used under Creative Commons License)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some say we are born atheist and religion is placed on us only after we are old enough to absorb it.\u00a0 That may be true, yet why do so many atheists need to leave a faith community?\u00a0 It what ways can it be simple or difficult? Describing one&#8217;s deconversion story can be a powerful way &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/episode-51-becoming-atheist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Episode 51 &#8211; Becoming Atheist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[226,25,458,198,456,204,460,459,457],"class_list":["post-4952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-our-community","category-podcast","tag-apogaea","tag-atheist","tag-baptist","tag-chauncey","tag-conversion","tag-jesse","tag-mike-the-headless-chicken-day","tag-parents","tag-scientology","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4955,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4952\/revisions\/4955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secularhub.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}