![]() When these two boys arrived saying they had a message of God, it seemed significant." "Spokane is very Mormon and Catholic, so I was raised around Mormons. ![]() The other omen was the arrival of two young Mormon missionaries at Sweeney's door. I couldn't sleep for nights on end, and had this experience of feeling God's presence was in the room, like something supernatural was going on." "I was recovering from a terrible break-up with a man, and I was really depressed for about eight months," Sweeney noted in her familiar, chirpy voice. It all began six years ago, explained the 44-year old humorist (who has also served as a staff writer for TV's "Desperate Housewives" and "Sex and the City"), during a phone chat. She is likely to inform the audience that she's a spectacular example of how adult Bible study can backfire. Saturday at the Paramount Theatre, Sweeney will offer segments from the show and chat about its origins with "This American Life" host Ira Glass. And she says "Letting Go of God," which debuted in Los Angeles in 2004, has drawn so much interest it may resurface soon in a Broadway run, and get turned into a feature film. ![]() ![]() Sweeney mended fences with her family, but stuck to her new-formed views. Yet the cheery-faced comedy writer-performer and former cast member of "Saturday Night Live" (her specialty character was the androgynous dweeb Pat), did not back down. When Julia Sweeney performed excerpts of her solo play "Letting Go of God" on the popular public radio show "This American Life," response from listeners flooded in.Īnd when she spoke about her metamorphosis from born-and-bred Catholic to nonbeliever in a conference on religious skepticism, Sweeney's devout parents in Spokane were none too pleased. You might think coming out as an atheist would be no big deal in 21st Century America. "It's really because I take you so seriously that I can't believe in you." ![]()
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