Bad News For Evangelicals

[Joods]

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I don't need to search for that imaginary fairytale. I wasted most of my life doing just that until I got smart and realized that it just doesn't exist. I'm good without a god.

If you are 'good without god', then why did you spend most of your life searching for him? When people are content they generally stop searching. But let's say you were deceived into thinking there was something worth seeking (for most of your life), then why the bitter attitude toward others who are 'deceived'? One might expect compassion and understanding from someone who went through the same thing

Indoctrination from birth is one reason why I spent many years looking for him. Also, as a child, my mother felt the need to introduce me to Catholicism and more than one different type of Christianity. That left me even more confused. As an adult I had questions that no member of clergy ever satisfied. Finally, I came to Atheism and realized that it made more sense to me and my eyes were open. 

That said, I am not saying that there is or isn't a god or any gods. I'm saying that I personally have never come across any concrete, scientific evidence that such an entity has ever existed. Therefore, since there is no credible, documented, scientific evidence, I do not believe in just faith that something exists. I stopped believing in imaginary friends when I was a child. 

As far as my attitude goes, for the most part, I am more than happy to have compassion and understanding towards others who decide that they want to believe in a magical sky daddy. More power to 'em! However, I do not have to respect them or their beliefs just because they hold them. The moment a theist feels it's their right to shove their beliefs in my face, is the moment I no longer have to have compassion or understanding for them. If my lack of beliefs cannot be respected, theists should expect the same in turn.