Ugh, my damn browser keeps crashing whenever I try to reply to a post so I can only type out a message down in the quick reply box, but here it goes again.
brotherlylove, I am getting the feeling from your replies that think I am an atheist because I haven't either heard the good word, or considered it properly. I have thought about it and dismissed it. I find the idea of a personal god silly, and not because I am closed-minded or haven't considered it. I find the concept of Jesus being sacrificed for my redemption equally as silly.
I am not an atheist because I'm not hearing people who tell me Jesus loves me. In fact, I am an atheist because I heard the message all too well.
brotherlylove, I am getting the feeling from your replies that think I am an atheist because I haven't either heard the good word, or considered it properly. I have thought about it and dismissed it. I find the idea of a personal god silly, and not because I am closed-minded or haven't considered it. I find the concept of Jesus being sacrificed for my redemption equally as silly.
I am not an atheist because I'm not hearing people who tell me Jesus loves me. In fact, I am an atheist because I heard the message all too well.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell