Zombie Jesus’ words and acts are recorded in one of the apocryphal books (books which were not included in the New Testament by the Catholic Church), the “Book of Brains”. The most famous part of the “Book of Brains” is the “Parable of the Brains”, in which Zombie Jesus spoke unto the assembled masses: “Braaaiiins…. braaaiiinnnss… braaaaiinss!!” (in the original Greek of the Gospel, “μυαλό…. μυααααλό…. μυααααλό!!!”).

My good friend Valerie Tarico has published an article for the Huffington Post, a wildly popular internet newspaper. The article is entitled “When Losing Faith Means Leaving Your Family,” and uses pieces of my story to introduce the topic.

Please visit and vote up her article!

So I suppose that it’s high time that I post this on my own blog.

I was contacted through a mutual friend by the man who runs FriendlyAtheist.com a month or two ago. Apparently, he had somehow heard the story of my de-conversion, and decided that it was fascinating enough to grace his front page. I was quite honored, as this is a blog I read daily and highly respect, and submitted my story promptly.

Here it is - Leaving Mormonism: Michael’s Story