RE: I'm now an atheist
June 13, 2016 at 9:15 pm
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2016 at 9:20 pm by Simon Moon.)
(June 6, 2016 at 10:23 pm)Adam Blackstar Wrote: I was raised in Christianity from birth and never seriously considered that it might not be true until about 6 months ago, when it just suddenly dawned on me that it was all in my head. Before that, I was a deacon, Sunday school teacher, youth leader, Christian blogger, occasional minister... I thought I was one of the few who really had a solid justification for faith. Nope.
Welcome to the forum!
Yep, the evidence is drastically insufficient to support the god claims, and the philosophical arguments are all flawed.
Congratulations!
Not sure if this applies, but there is an organizations that might be of assistance:
The Clergy Project - http://clergyproject.org/
They help ex-clergy and practicing clergy, that are now atheists, reintegrate into civilian life.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
