A continuation of a series of de-conversion videos by Evid3nc3 Image by DerrickT via Flickr

By Evid3nc3 -- NOTE 1: " In God We Trust " first started to appear on a few US coins during the Civil War. However, the motives for these inclusions were entirely different in nature. At that time, there were, to my knowledge, no active atheists in American culture . The inclusion of "In God We Trust" on US coins was gradual and met with resistance by prominent American theists, such as Theodore Roosevelt , as being sacrilegious. Image via Wikipedia By comparison, the 1957 changes were drastic, sweeping, and specifically invoked to combat the atheism of the Soviet Union. Before, some coins were allowed to not have the phrase and no paper bills had it; after, ALL American money , both coin and paper were REQUIRED to contain the slogan. Further, the changes in the pledge and the motto happened almost simultaneously with this change. These changes were overtly anti-atheist in nature: "In these days when imperialistic and materialistic Communism seeks t...

By Evid3nc3 -- Evid3nc3 is a PhD candidate in Intelligent Systems (a sub-discipline of Computer Science ). His focus is on evidence-justified beliefs and their argumentation as a means of conflict resolution Image via Wikipedia both in computational and human systems. This is his recently completed 10-part video testimonial. In this series, Evid3nc3 shows how evidence, reason, and experiences related to prayer, morality, deconverted Christians, the Bible, and his relationship with God Himself all lead to his eventual inability to believe anymore.