Hi. I have no doubt there is probably a very similar story to mine already written here, so I'll be brief as i can with this. I was born and raised a catholic, though my parents were never overly pushy or strict and never threatened me with hell fire, (we got told about that in school).
Anyway, religion never bothered me much until my early twenties. My first serious relationship had broken down and i was feeling very vulnerable and unsure about the world around me and my place in it. I decided to give faith another chance and consoled myself by cherry picking the new testament for a while, but it felt hollow and hypocritical to me, so I decided to really commit and to fully read the bible, both the old and new testaments. I would like to say that that did it for me, and i lost all my delusions right there, but unfortunately my indoctrinated mind didn't want to accept it. Nevertheless, the realisations I came to after reading the bible helped in making me want to seek out real answers about christianity's origins and true purpose (control), and over the following years i read and read and learned more and more, I went from dawkins to darwin, from hitchens to harris, from sagan to bertrand russell and beyond, and slowly but surely my brain began to wrent itself free from the vapour lock that is christianty and religion in general. There is a certain sense of freedom I got when i finally gave up the ghost, and everyday since has been a happy and free learning experience for me. bring on tomorrow
Anyway, religion never bothered me much until my early twenties. My first serious relationship had broken down and i was feeling very vulnerable and unsure about the world around me and my place in it. I decided to give faith another chance and consoled myself by cherry picking the new testament for a while, but it felt hollow and hypocritical to me, so I decided to really commit and to fully read the bible, both the old and new testaments. I would like to say that that did it for me, and i lost all my delusions right there, but unfortunately my indoctrinated mind didn't want to accept it. Nevertheless, the realisations I came to after reading the bible helped in making me want to seek out real answers about christianity's origins and true purpose (control), and over the following years i read and read and learned more and more, I went from dawkins to darwin, from hitchens to harris, from sagan to bertrand russell and beyond, and slowly but surely my brain began to wrent itself free from the vapour lock that is christianty and religion in general. There is a certain sense of freedom I got when i finally gave up the ghost, and everyday since has been a happy and free learning experience for me. bring on tomorrow
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