Let's Start Over, I'm Blackrook and I'm Here to Get Some Answers to Important Questions

[TaraJo]

Right, well I'm not here to try to convert anyone to Catholicism. Catholicism is so complicated and difficult to approach that you almost have to be born into it to fully understand it.

Heh. I went to Catholic church from birth until I was 12 or so. Mass every Sunday and midnight mass the night before Christmas (that was a pain in the ass). Then my dad got a job where he had to work Sundays and that went down the tubes. I did communion, rosaries, Hail Mary's, all that; even spent a year in Catholic school.

However, on the internet, atheists really let their pants down and show a side of themselves that they would not dare in RL.

What I'm saying is this. Treat me like this is not the interent, but RL, and I will do the same.

Well, how I treat people depends on how they treat me. If you're friendly and respectful, I'll be friendly and respectful. If I disagree with you, I'll try to do it respectfully (although I may make a joke here and there). If you're rude and abrasive, I go full-on troll and mock the living shit out of you; and that goes for atheists and Christians both (if we had someone from Atheism+ come in here, they'd probably get trolled like there's no tomorrow).

I admit I am thin-skinned so I'm just going to put on the ignore list anyone who gets ugly with me. The reason I'm thin-skinned is because a lot of people hurt me when I was a kid and as an adult I have made a promise to myself not ever to tolerate it again. The bullyng didn't stop for me until I became tough and that has carried over into my adult life.

Heh. I've had a lot of people mock me over my life, too. Heck, I still have a lot of people mocking me; I have politicians who turn mocking me into a major point of campaigns. I guess I went the opposite direction and instead of getting thin skinned, I got thick skinned and just started laughing at them. I'll admit, Buddhist philosophy has helped me with this one, even if I don't buy into the supernatural mumbo jumbo of it.

But I will not be mean here if I can help it. That does not mean I'm going to stop making threads that point out the problems with atheism.

As long as you can do it respectfully, you're welcome to do that. In fact, I encourage it. I want my beliefs to be held up to question so I can be more confident what I believe is true and can hold up to questions.

My main problem with atheism now is that it offers me absolutely nothing. I am disenchanted with Catholicism right now, but there is absolutely no reason to become an atheist.

And that's cool with me. Searching for answers is an important step that most people don't take. I can applaud you for doing this much.