(May 7, 2025 at 8:21 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(May 7, 2025 at 7:29 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I find the God of the Bible to be a reprehensible character, but that assessment is neither the cause nor the source of my atheism.
You might not think it is, but the attitude definitely influenced your position. Surely, you at least don't deny the correlation? It's not a coincidence why every atheist in the past few pages doubled down on God being reprehensible, when you know not a single Christian would ever agree with that assessment.
I found god to be absent. Apparently, he thought that the abuse I endured at the hands of my parents was okay. I prayed with all the faith a child could muster in the hope that god would intervene. Two reasons that he didn't came to mind...either as a little kid I deserved what was happening or I was praying to the sky and no one was there to listen or offer help.
If I were to go into some of the stories I would find some of them reprehensible. But that isn't what caused my lack of faith.
I'm your huckleberry.
