For me, it was the realization that there was practically no evidence at all that Jesus of Nazareth ever existed, and that even if he did there was no reason to believe the accounts in the Bible.
I considered myself a skeptical person concerning most things, but I gradually became aware that I was actively shielding myself from certain information concerning certain topics, mostly to protect my religious views, and my critical thinking faculties eventually couldn't stand the dissonance any longer. I decided that if what I believed was actually true, it would stand up to the same scrutiny I gave everything else, so I scrutinized it.
Guess what happened.
I considered myself a skeptical person concerning most things, but I gradually became aware that I was actively shielding myself from certain information concerning certain topics, mostly to protect my religious views, and my critical thinking faculties eventually couldn't stand the dissonance any longer. I decided that if what I believed was actually true, it would stand up to the same scrutiny I gave everything else, so I scrutinized it.
Guess what happened.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
