(October 5, 2013 at 7:19 am)NeuerMensch Wrote: when I am home, alone with myself I get reminded of "my salvation" and how I am denying it when "I know" it is all true. Also, about the music, when I say Christian music, I mean worshiping songs, the most obnoxious kind of music!
You describe the story of many and it speaks to the power of brainwashing, which is why many of us atheists, or even non-fundamentalist believers, fight to squash the monolith that is organized religion in the war of ideas. You must realize that somewhere, a Mormon or a Muslim or whoever is feeling the exact same way as you.. they "know" it is true..yet you don't worry about "those" beliefs. Why worry about your parents'? Just tell yourself that from now on, you won't believe the brainwashing anymore than you believe in Santa, until evidence is provided, and you must decide what qualifies as evidence. A 2,000 year old Resurrection only found in a few books of the most devote some decades after the fact?
