Heretics Anonymous

by Katie Henry

We believe in one fundamental truth: That all people, regardless of what they worship, who they love, and what they think Have a right to exist, and a right to be heard. We strive to make faith consubstantial with reason and compassion, Through which all good things are made.

just because a person says something is true doesn’t mean it is, and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably trying to keep you from doing something fun.

I already have a father, even if I’m this close to filing for emancipation.

Can one God be all those things to all those people?

There is a God, and he hates me. There is a Hell, and I am currently in it.

Fear is healthy. Guilt is a gift. I’m scared and guilty, and I don’t feel strong or grateful.

‘You fall where God pushes you down.’”

“Messed-up stuff happens and we don’t get a say and no one cares how we feel.

“There will always be rules you think are wrong or unfair, and you know what? Too bad. You’ll have to learn to make better choices.”

“When you hurt people,” he says, “even if you didn’t mean to, you don’t get to choose where they go from there. When you hurt someone, it stops being about you, or what you want.”

Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them.

I don’t believe in God, but that doesn’t mean I believe in nothing. I believe in love.