Cara Fry Interview 7/28/12

Cara Fry sat comfortably next to me in the public library. She had a pink skirt on with a matching cream top. Cara was very warm and personable as she shared her story. Here is the interview.

Sarah: Tell me a little about your background.  How did you become an atheist? What was your family like, and were they religious?

Cara: I was raised Methodist in a moderately religious family. We went to church every week, and I went to Sunday school. When I was a teenager, I was involved in the youth group and went on all the outings and everything. Then in my late teens, I decided to get a little more serious about it. I decided that if I was going to be a good Christian, I should really read the bible from cover to cover and know what it is I’m saying I believe in. I read it and it went the other way. The conflicting information became very apparent. A lot of things weren’t in line with what I had been taught about, you know, how god was loving and all of that. So I kind of started to look around at other religions. I looked into Buddhism and tried to learn what I could about that for a while. I learned about Baha’i.

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