# Hi from the Midwest

**URL:** <https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hi-from-the-midwest/5185>\
**Category:** Introduce Yourself\
**Created:** [September 18, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hi-from-the-midwest/5185 "2016-09-18T22:09:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![icravescience](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/icravescience/32/115_2.png) [@icravescience](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/icravescience)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hi-from-the-midwest/5185/1 "2016-09-18T22:09:16Z")

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Hi,  
I stumbled across Dawkins as I was breaking free from my fundamental christian upbringing and have become an avid consumer of anything science related. It’s a lonely feeling in the Midwest when you subscribe to reason and logic.  
I just booked the CSI Con and am pumped to meet like minded people.  
Paul

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**Author:** ![loisl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/loisl/32/18_2.png) [@loisl](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/loisl)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/hi-from-the-midwest/5185/2 "2016-09-19T00:14:53Z")

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> Hi, I stumbled across Dawkins as I was breaking free from my fundamental christian upbringing and have become an avid consumer of anything science related. It's a lonely feeling in the Midwest when you subscribe to reason and logic. I just booked the CSI Con and am pumped to meet like minded people. Paul

When I went to my first Humanist conference, I was blown away to be in a banquet room with so many people who thought just the way I did. It was an amazing feeling. Lois