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<blockquote data-quote="AmericanAtheist" data-source="post: 1986056" data-attributes="member: 629930">What do you think of this short &quot;Introductory Autobiography&quot; for an Indigenous......Religion class? Autobiography &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I am a transfer-student from CVTC, and Regular Army Veteran who served for 5 years and had two deployments. Two weeks prior to getting my Associates in Business Management with honors and no previous disciplinary record, I was sent a letter by the Dean of Students saying that if I posted anything about my religious position again that I would be kicked out of School. The posting was small and pertained to the online introductory-bio in the same way it pertains in this assignment – it’s who I am. (Christians, mind you, handed out Bibles every week in front of the library without recourse.) This was not an isolated incident; throughout my military career I was forced to attend mandatory Christian prayers, benedictions, and classes.&nbsp; In many aspects of my life religion has been a pervasive factor whether I, as an Atheist, would like it to be or not. By taking this course as credit towards my major in Religious Studies, I work to usher in the dawn of Secular America through the empowerment of education. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Religion to me is a destructive and useless vice that affects others lives, whether they ascribe to the beliefs or not. If it could remain a personal matter, then I would not have a reason to speak of it at all, nor would I need even to identify myself as an Atheist. It is in respect to the significant impact of religion in our lives that I have incorporated the Church of Atheism through the state of Wisconsin in order to facilitate discussions between faiths and the faithless, and offer secular services such as a wedding officiate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AmericanAtheist, post: 1986056, member: 629930"] [b]What do you think of this short "Introductory Autobiography" for an Indigenous...[/b] ...Religion class? Autobiography I am a transfer-student from CVTC, and Regular Army Veteran who served for 5 years and had two deployments. Two weeks prior to getting my Associates in Business Management with honors and no previous disciplinary record, I was sent a letter by the Dean of Students saying that if I posted anything about my religious position again that I would be kicked out of School. The posting was small and pertained to the online introductory-bio in the same way it pertains in this assignment – it’s who I am. (Christians, mind you, handed out Bibles every week in front of the library without recourse.) This was not an isolated incident; throughout my military career I was forced to attend mandatory Christian prayers, benedictions, and classes. In many aspects of my life religion has been a pervasive factor whether I, as an Atheist, would like it to be or not. By taking this course as credit towards my major in Religious Studies, I work to usher in the dawn of Secular America through the empowerment of education. Religion to me is a destructive and useless vice that affects others lives, whether they ascribe to the beliefs or not. If it could remain a personal matter, then I would not have a reason to speak of it at all, nor would I need even to identify myself as an Atheist. It is in respect to the significant impact of religion in our lives that I have incorporated the Church of Atheism through the state of Wisconsin in order to facilitate discussions between faiths and the faithless, and offer secular services such as a wedding officiate. [/QUOTE]

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