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Back drop: We had an exchange student back in 2001-02 from Germany. He was "irreligious". However, he was amenable to staying with a "religious" family. Which is what we were, if that is defined by regular church attendance. Several times the concept of morality came up and his assertion [was] that one could be moral without believing in a god. At the time, I was flabbergasted. "Where else does one get a standard of morality?", I asked. The reality is that this young man was a very moral person, who had never had a bit of religious education. Where did his sense of right and wrong spring from? Can we be moral and never worship a god or have a personal savior? And if so, where does that morality come from?

I'm pretty thick skinned and don't take much personally. There's no need to a sensor anything. I'm definitely an outie, I'm an atheist, but TWI was literally my entire life until the last decade, it's a part of me, probably always will be. I should around that my atheism and departure from TWI were separate events. My leaving was the result of direct conflicts with LCM and the other directors regarding personal issues and doctrinal issues. *should clarify