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I applaud the people in last Sunday's article who are creating atheist churches. In my book this is our planet moving in the right direction.

I stopped praying to the sky god about three years ago, and I’ve felt better ever since. I now live in the amazing mystery of it all without religion, dogma or an imaginary friend.

And, most importantly, I no longer feel a contradiction with my intellect.

Atheists are one of the last groups that face acceptable discrimination. I hope they keep coming out of their closets. They encourage me, and I feel a kinship, though I do not want a label. I now believe only in love.

-- Ellis Felker, Muscoda