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Atheist Mama In The News

Submitted by Brent Rasmussen on September 9, 2006 - 10:10am.

Just a quick post... Cassandra Cox, the godless community's own Atheist Mama, was quoted in the Columbus Dispatch Faith & Values section yesterday! It was a pretty good article on atheists and atheism in general, actually.

Congrats, Cassandra!

[link] Cassandra Cox, 28, of Gahanna, grew up in a military family, spending much of her earlier life in Virginia.

She had been raised a Roman Catholic, but doubts surfaced when it came time to have her oldest son baptized. She decided against it, upsetting some family members; eventually she found her way to atheism because it "makes more sense to me."

The idea of a god "seems as likely as a Santa Claus," Cox said. "It’s absurd to think that somebody comes to your house and delivers presents. And I guess it’s the same thing that somebody’s listening to prayers."

Cox — who spends some time blogging on her Web site www.theatheistmama.com — said she and her husband, Robert, will give their children, now 4 and 2, a Bible to study when they get older. But they also will have companion books of mythology, she said.

"We’re not going to tell them they can’t believe in it (God)," Cox said. "We’re going to allow them to go to church with their friends, as usually happens with kids. We’re not going to say there’s anything wrong with it, but we’re going to tell them what we believe and why."

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"If there was some kind of proof out there that there was a god, I would definitely be open to believing in that," Cox said. "But I don’t find that likely. If the Rapture happens, then I’ll definitely think that something’s going on."

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