Becoming an Atheist

[Jeffonthenet]

I'v always knew deep down that it wasn't real and even with the facts in my face I kept my religion some what close to me, I suppeses at best you could call me a "sinner" even though I'am a good person and like to help people and so on, I'am appatrly going to hell for drinking smoking and going to night clubs that doesn't affect anyone in anyway apart from my self.

Maybe the religion you have rejected is a legalistic one (fundamentalist versions of Christianity) that cares more about these things than helping the poor. The "we are all sinners" comment makes more sense considered against our relative apathy with regards to the absurd numbers of starving and suffering people around the world and that we have the resources to cure and feed them and we don't.

And if you are praying it seems to me that it is at least possible that deep down you believe that someone hears your prayers.

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Welcome Vorith. Sounds like you are past the point of no return - congratulations.

I used to be an atheist. I would disagree.