How Did You Hear About This Blog?

I really don’t remember but if I had to guess I would say through Pharyngula or Stumble.

I prayed:

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

(James 1:5)

Honestly can’t remember. Sorry.

The Friendly Atheist was a top recommendation in my Google Reader.

StumbleUpon. I had the “Atheism/Agnostic” box ckecked under my interests list.

I think you got linked by Fred Clark of Slacktivist a couple of months ago. You’d both been placed on a ‘top thirty atheist/agnostic/skeptic blogs’ list and he felt embarressed (in a good, flattered way) to be up there with you.

On the (NAFA) North Alabama Freethought Association’s web site.

Your blog was part of the athiest package when I was scouting in Google Reader for blogs to follow.

Hmm… probably came here via Pharyngula. That was over a year ago though, around the time that brilliant movie Expelled came out, so I’m not completely sure 🙂

I typed in “atheist blog” on Google one day, and you were about the 5th one down. And the very first post I read was a baby in a candy costume. X) I knew it was an epic win.

I found you through the newsfeed at Atheist Island.

dunno, i didn’t google you/the subject or anything. so someone/some place must have linked you.

Went to your talk at the University of Toronto, when you were promoting “I Sold My Soul on eBay”. (I was the “Give me five dollars” guy, if you remember.)

A friend shared one of your articles in Google Reader. I liked it and added your feed.

I discovered the site after reading your book which I then passed onto to Kate (of Kate and Erik fame).

I’m pretty sure it was a suggested feed on google feed reader for me too.

I have always been an atheist, but got into the atheist movement because I listened every day to a news podcast called “the daily breakfast” done by a Catholic priest. One day he lamented that there was a (gasp) atheist podcast above his in the religious podcast ratings on iTunes and his listeners needed to go remedy that. That podcast was the Atheist Experience by the Atheist Community of Austin which got me into counter apologetics and the atheist movement. Good job priesty guy!

I can’t remember, but I would bet it was a link from another atheist blog.

About two or three years ago, before I moved to Chicago, I was on the Reader’s website quite a bit looking for apartments. They reviewed your book and included info on the website.

I found you through an interview Jim Henderson did with you that was on YouTube.

I honestly can’t remember, but I think it was through a link at God is for suckers. The odds are high it was there, and not some other site.

I think it was through your post about the bad/unconvincing arguments for the existence of God (41? 43?) written by some other guy.

My wife read your book, and said it was good. I noticed your blog on the back and looked it up.

Tired of the mayhem on the world’s largest bar room brawl known as the Washington Post’s “On Faith” site, I Googled “atheist,” and Friendly Atheist sure sounded… friendly. I was immediately hooked. That was in November of 2006.

Phranyngula.

Short story: through either Skepchick or Pharyngula (which I discovered through Skepchick).

Long story: About a year and a half ago, there was a story on Digg about “the best podcasts”. I subscribed to a lot of them, and read the comments to find more. One of the ones that sounded interesting was The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe. That podcast sat on my hard drive for about six months, when I started listening to it. I was instantly hooked. I’d had no idea that there was a word for people who thought like me (skeptic). I immediately began listening through the entire show.

At some point, I finally decided to check out this “Skepchick” website that they kept talking about. Given that the atheist and skeptic worlds are closely intertwined (not all atheists are skeptics, but certainly the vast majority of skeptics are atheist/agnostic), I was also introduced to the world of athiesm. It was another community that I had had no clue that it existed. Somewhere along the line I began reading Pharyngula, and then somewhere a little later down the line, I began reading the Friendly Atheist. I loved your blog so much that I went through the entire backlog of posts.

I honestly consider finding The Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe to be a major turning point in my life. With a skeptical framework for life, I can feel much more confident in my actions and beliefs. Examining everything is very freeing.

Oh boy, that was a while ago. I think it was through Pharyngula.

A friend told me about FR, I believe his Google reader recommended it to him. That friend doesn’t identify as an atheist anymore.. He thinks self-professed atheists are snotty.

But I love this blog. It’s the reason I’m an open atheist today in North Carolina and not another confused, closeted agnostic.

I found your blog through Greta Christina’s blog (and I found Greta’s blog through Susie Bright’s blog).

http://gretachristina.typepad.com/greta_christinas_weblog/

http://susiebright.blogs.com/

Unreasonable Faith

linked to on all kinds of different atheist blogs

I followed a link from another site, but I cannot remember now which one it was — probably either Greta Christina’s Blog or Skepchick.

~David D.G.

I started with the Google atheist news feed via Yahoo. I noticed several sites referenced frequently, either directly or indirectly, that I liked. This was one of them. I decided to follow the blog directly.

From the MFA‘s leader [Christ] back in 2007, a few months before we brought you down to speak in the buckle of the Babble Belt.

i stumbled across it one day on stumbleupon.

I found you on the list of top 30 atheist blogs linked by pz.

Well some time ago I heard about some dude that placed an ad on eBay to have the winning bidder send him to the church of their choice and remember thinking as an atheist I wish I had come up with the idea myself, not to write a book about it as you did, but just cuz I liked the idea of having theists pay me to go to their churches.

I don’t remember how I found out about your eBay thing exactly, and I didn’t know you had a blog at the time either. I found your blog later I believe the first time I came across it was thru an “atheist” search on Google, but didn’t become a regular reader until recently. Not that I wasn’t interested in your blog then, but because I just didn’t think about coming back to it.

When I first found your blog I don’t that I knew right off the bat that you were the eBay atheist. I haven’t actually read your book yet but it’s on my reading list. I’ll probably soon buy my own copy of it. I prefer that to checking books out from the library.

Through the atheism subscription pack on google reader

Heard about you from another atheist and decided to check you out 🙂

From the National Atheist website or whatever the most major Atheist website in the US is.

I searched for atheist content for my iGoogle page. I found PZ the same way. I’m glad I did.

I saw it on Daniel Florien’s list of top atheist blogs and decided to check it out.

Boy, I can’t remember, it’s been a while. I *think* I heard you on NPR promoting your book one day. Unless you never did that in which case that’s how I found another congenial Atheist’s website. ;P

linked from Dale McGowan’s parenting beyond belief site

you found me! 😉

Probably Pharyngula or Planet Atheism?

Digg.com

I use Google Reader as my primary RSS reader. I saw this blog as a recomended feed for me. So I subscribed and have been liking it ever since.

Through “Google Reader” you are one of seven grouped in the “Atheism” subscription.

I heard of you on:

http://www.planetatheism.com

The very funny, informative and girly (except that one dude) Skepchick.
Kriss

The “Atheism” pack on Google Reader. Really useful tool overall.

It was tinyfrog for sure

Through The Good Atheist.

Atheist Revolution

I sadly cannot remember how I found your blog, Hemant, but I’m glad I did. Usually, this is my bit of sunshine in a world of … sunshine. Dammit. I think I was supposed to make a point, but the point was pointless.

Via http://www.evolvedrational.com

The Atheism Central feed over at de-conversion.com is where I found you.

I think I once googled “top atheist blogs” and found you somewhere on a list on some website. It’s been a while though…

Possibly a link from the Unreasonable Faith blog.

I work at a small town radio station. On Sundays, we air not one, not two, but THREE church services (Lutheran, Methodist, Baptsist). This is after the two hours of gospel music. Luckily, we run two stations, so I can listen to John Tesh’s show (maybe not the best, but look at the alternative!) The “message” hasn’t resonated with me during my tenure here, and during Easter I felt especially distant from relgion. Seeking like minded people, I googled “athiest blog” and this popped up.

I’m not sure I’m a full-borne athiest, but this site (and others) has me thinking about things. Maybe I’ll ventue over to the forums, put up my thoughts, and see what you guys think. Thanks for this site, and thanks for bringing this sort of discussion to people.

Google reader suggestion, I think.

I searched for atheist blogs when I first started using Google Reader a few months ago. This one was either one I found on my own or one Reader suggested to me. I eventually whittled down, and this one is the only atheist one for me now. Out of all of them, I enjoy yours the most. Thanks!

Completely random Google search about 2 and a half years ago. I was looking for a few new atheist news/philosophy sites after Cardigan stopped updating his site.

been so long, I’ve forgotten

I heard about you from a lovely young man, who is now my boyfriend. Our shared atheism (or pastafarianism, really) is what brought us together originally.

I don’t even remotely recall the events around my discovery of your blog here, but if I did it true to form, then it was probably mentioned somewhere and I clicked the link. I believe the kids would say that that is “how I roll.”

You came up in in the “recommended” list in my Google Reader, supposedly based on my personal interests. How Google got the idea I’m an atheist I’m not exactly sure, but I do appreciate your non-combative approach.

Stumbled upon while looking for atheist sites.

I used google reader to find some atheist blogs and this is one that I had also heard about previously on some podcasts and websites in passing and as I read it I felt it was interesting so I made sure to subscribe.

I heard about you from either the Skeptic’s Guide to the Universe podcast or the NESS website.

A recommendation on Google Reader based on other atheist blogs that I read I imagine.

We read your book.

I found your blog literally the first day that I consciously identified as an atheist. I am pretty sure that it was through my research into atheist symbols.