RE: Newly deconverted
January 5, 2016 at 1:51 pm
(This post was last modified: January 5, 2016 at 2:01 pm by robvalue.)
Hey there, welcome!
What an interesting story, thanks for sharing
The way I look at it, if God is a good guy, he will be happy with us living our lives as best we can and wouldn't demand us to worship him for the sake of it. If he's not a good guy, he doesn't deserve worship, and we couldn't trust him to keep his word anyhow. The cartoon characters religions present are insultingly infantile and surely bear no resemblance to any actual being of greatness, should there be one. I find it most likely that if anything is out there, it's just a being somewhere running a simulation and we've become aware inside it somehow. Or else this is all there is, or we are nested inside some other reality or something. Who knows? No one knows. It's the not knowing that many people find uncomfortable, and so feel the need to make shit up. Atheism is simply saying, "I'm not convinced any of these God characters or ideas are actually real." There is no evidence, after all. Just fallacious arguments and old books.
Even if I believed "God" was a real thing, I'd carry on as I am now, I see no need for religion. I find worship really creepy, and any sort of dogma dangerous. "God", if he's there, gave us a brain after all. We should use it.
I can't imagine how weird it must have felt to have woken up... I've never been through it myself, having not been indoctrinated. Congratulations on working hard and seeking the truth. Like you say, the truth need not fear investigation. The field of apologetics is the most dishonest "discussion" I've ever seen. It's mind meltingly awful and painful to watch. It's only aimed at placating believers, who won't look closely enough to see it's all hogwash.
You have been brave! Welcome to the real world You'll like it here! You're not missing anything. It's all a load of garbage. It's man made myth.
There are bound to be emotional niggles after being indoctrinated. It's totally normal, and in general they do pass in time. Religion works through emotion, because it has no facts or logic.
Let us know any questions or doubts you have! We have people with all sorts of expertise here.
What an interesting story, thanks for sharing
The way I look at it, if God is a good guy, he will be happy with us living our lives as best we can and wouldn't demand us to worship him for the sake of it. If he's not a good guy, he doesn't deserve worship, and we couldn't trust him to keep his word anyhow. The cartoon characters religions present are insultingly infantile and surely bear no resemblance to any actual being of greatness, should there be one. I find it most likely that if anything is out there, it's just a being somewhere running a simulation and we've become aware inside it somehow. Or else this is all there is, or we are nested inside some other reality or something. Who knows? No one knows. It's the not knowing that many people find uncomfortable, and so feel the need to make shit up. Atheism is simply saying, "I'm not convinced any of these God characters or ideas are actually real." There is no evidence, after all. Just fallacious arguments and old books.
Even if I believed "God" was a real thing, I'd carry on as I am now, I see no need for religion. I find worship really creepy, and any sort of dogma dangerous. "God", if he's there, gave us a brain after all. We should use it.
I can't imagine how weird it must have felt to have woken up... I've never been through it myself, having not been indoctrinated. Congratulations on working hard and seeking the truth. Like you say, the truth need not fear investigation. The field of apologetics is the most dishonest "discussion" I've ever seen. It's mind meltingly awful and painful to watch. It's only aimed at placating believers, who won't look closely enough to see it's all hogwash.
You have been brave! Welcome to the real world
You'll like it here! You're not missing anything. It's all a load of garbage. It's man made myth.There are bound to be emotional niggles after being indoctrinated. It's totally normal, and in general they do pass in time. Religion works through emotion, because it has no facts or logic.
Let us know any questions or doubts you have! We have people with all sorts of expertise here.
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Quickstart guide to the forum
