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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 7:47 am
I think I always was one (even when I was a kid/church attendee), but Evangelicals pushed me right over the edge.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 7:57 am
I never became an atheist; I've been one since I was able to consider the question. The whole god thing just never made any sense, especially the all-loving god that would torture you if you didn't love him back.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Not an atheist, but I left Christianity because I saw how all these fucked up people act. How could I believe in a god with such shitty followers?
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 1:10 pm
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Maybe god really is a dick, and they're doing it right? I don't know why people reject that out of hand.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 1:51 pm
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(September 25, 2018 at 1:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Maybe god really is a dick, and they're doing it right? I don't know why people reject that out of hand.
Worshiping a shitty god makes you a shitty person.
That's why I believe that if there's something out there, it's not really interested in what we do.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 1:53 pm
Thought.
Contemplation.
Questioning.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 2:00 pm
The older I got, the more I thought about what was really in the bible. I asked myself if I really approved of a lot of the things that happened within, and the answer was no. Of course some people will argue that "god doesn't need your approval", but if I worship him then I'm basically saying everything he did was fine, and I find no fault in it. After speaking with other people who don't believe in gods, or don't believe in my god, I eventually just renounced religion entirely.
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