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I actually did have a horrendous stammer from early teenage (speech therapy was unheard of then). I took my father's tape recorder into my bedroom and read the newspaper into it, copying what was then the BBC "received" accent. In the process, I lost my Welsh accent. Other influences in achieving good diction and speech generally were getting a job that involved contact with the public and joining the TA as a part-time soldier in which I got promoted quickly and had to order others. My speech had improved immensely by late teenage and early twenties and my stammer had gone completely by the time I was 30.

Nothing about that suggests anything to do with God.

I was religious from childhood, and have always been interested in religions, mythology and science; I was a devout, practising Catholic; I read the Bible, both Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, several times; and was taught about it in school.

After studying and thinking deeply about faith, I realised in mid-teenage that faith was based upon nothing but itself, that science explained nature satisfactorily without needing supernatural beings, and that religious beliefs were no different to those of ancient beliefs in gods and goddesses.

When I first had doubts about my faith I thought that maybe this was a test of it, which was an idea planted in my mind by those teaching us about our faith. So I made the effort to accept it even more so. But the doubts came again, and I wondered what would happen if we took faith out of the equation; the world and nature still made sense, so I saw no reason to get back into it. And my understanding is that there's no theoretical or mathematical need for a god or gods, and there's no valid evidence of it or them; so there's no reason to believe. At the time this was difficult intellectually and emotionally (I was a teenager, after all).

That was over 45 years ago, and my escape from faith has freed me to embrace what science has to offer, which I consider far more plausible than belief in the supernatural, and is the nearest we can get to the truth about how nature and the universe work. I've felt a sense of freedom ever since, and am happy and at peace with this. And I've found the humility to admit that I don't know everything, rather than masking this by invoking a deity.

I still have an interest in religions, mythology, folklore and related matters, and am fascinated that people still believe in things that to me are clearly just not true.

My youngest brother's speech impediment went away too, he stuttered and lisped, he is now a teacher. The thing is he never prayed as he is a solid atheist and always has been. Psychological or physiological damage sometimes repairs itself over time.

doctors and therapists are sometimes complete idiots. when i was little i was a really quiet child and didn't say anything at all. the doctor they took me to said that i would be a mute, and that i wouldn't be able to speak for the rest of my life. and one day my mouth opened and it hasn't shut since. so really not every doctor/therapist is really 100% accurate.

all you theists overreact when somthing stupid like this happens. it just like cavemen when they descoverd fire. oh look its FIRE holy crap its a gift from the god(s). cry baby theist

Since your stutter had a hysterical origin, is it any surprise that the cure was imaginary as well?

Seriously though, I'm very glad for you.

You probably suffered a psychological trauma in your early childhood and it healed over time.

Please provide reliable verifiable evidence supporting your claims.. Without said evidence I will have to dismiss your claims as the ravings of a lunatic they appear to be...

Remove "If" from your last sentence.

he exists buddy dont forget that its what you believe in