Why do you hate God?

[Nay_Sayer]

STOP THAT! We can't destroy our reputation of being kitten BBQers  or baby eaters. I like pineapple on my BBQ kitten. 


We must let every theist believe that we drink goat's blood, and record professional sports without the league's express written permission. How can we continue to rip the tags off of our mattresses illegally, if theists don't see us as monsters?

Don't make me bring out my big guns, don't make me talk about the fab 4, don't make me talk about the double "A" with the double "B" in the middle. "I will not be ignored DAN"..

^^^^^^^ Nothing to see here, just another lesson as why eating lead paint is not a good idea. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread already in progress.

Well, I hear that supposedly cat makes a good meal. Not sure myself I just love those darn cute little critters so much I could never bring myself to hurt them. I'm kinda a cat person lol. 
I have no problem with you drinking goat's blood. I know in some cultures pig blood is used pretty often in cooking. I personally do not partake, but hey to each their own.
Well, I'm sure the MLB won't mind too much if you download their content without express written permission. I promise I won't tell on you.
Wait, it's illegal to rip tags off mattresses!!!! Oh man I messed up bad. Please don't tell on me!
Not sure what fab 4 is or what double-A with double B in middle is or who Dan is, but I won't judge... Out loud at least lol jk.
Hey, you bunch of atheists are alright I like you guys and gals and nonbinary, and well whatever else you describe yourself as!

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Since we're disclosing, I was raised in a literalist Christian sect and decided I ought to actually read the Bible. Then I decided to read it again in a modern version to be sure the King's English wasn't confusing me. That experience did not make me an atheist, but it did make me an agnostic theist. I could not believe that the authors were actually in touch with and accurately reporting the messages of a morally perfect being. Perhaps ironically I think rather better of the ancient Hebrews today now that my opinion is that most of their claimed pillaging and genocide were foundational myths rather than actual events. There were some contradictions I noticed, but it was mainly the barbarity and injustice that God seemed to be a part of that repelled me from Christianity.

I had minimal critical thinking skills at this point, and believed lots of stuff without much evidence to support it. Over the next 20 years I gradually developed the insight to reject most of it, at least to the point of having the opinion that a reasonable person should not hold those things to be true if they thought about it as I had. This had nothing to do with religion directly, just realizing that the evidence to support Bigfoot, ESP, and Nessie wasn't sufficient to warrant justified belief. Around the end of that, iI realized that at some point I had stopped believing in any kind of God or god, and supernatural beings in general.

Thank you for sharing your story Mister Agenda. I have a question if I may. How does your family feel about you being an atheist? Do they know now and if so do you still have a relationship with them?

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I love FSM. Who told you I didn't?!

Not sure what FSM is. Can you please elaborate?

FSM is the Flying Spaghetti Monster; The one true creator of the universe, The name above all names, The Seer of Seers, The Sage of Sages, The prognosticator of prognosticators, and a damn good bowler. 

You too can know Xis truth if you just let Xim into your heart,

RAmen