(March 10, 2016 at 2:51 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Ever the optimist, aren't you Rob. I have a simpler explanation. Liars for christ lie for christ.
I can tell you that I never lied. I actually considered myself very open to learn things. I was just more or less brainwashed. Of course, it was just a matter of time before my open mindedness overcame my brainwashing. Ironically, it's my theist parents who encouraged me to question things and look at things honestly, so in a way they're indirectly responsible for me seeing the "light". I still think they're 99% honest but they can't be honest with themselves about religion for some reason. Maybe that's a product of being older and having already invested so much of their lives in it.