RE: It's a trap!
September 15, 2012 at 7:51 pm
(This post was last modified: September 15, 2012 at 7:54 pm by Reforged.)
Why do you dislike religion?
I don't, I love it. Its hilarious.
How did you come to believe (or not) in your current deity?
Lack of proof for existence, expanded my knowledge and discovered things are infinitely more complex than made out by religion, grew up.
What has been your worst experience with Christians?
Wrong question. I don't automatically define people by their belief systems as humans are varied in personality and intellect and not to be judged by a label but who they are. You should be asking what is my worst experience with Christianity or if you want to be completely unbiased; religion.
What has been your most pleasant experience with Christians?
See above.
What has been your worst experience with religion?
Indoctrination. I was indoctrinated from an early age. The worst thing you can do to a human being is take away his capacity for reason and make him a dogmatic sycophantic slave living in fear of an all powerful being he is also commanded to unconditionally love or else burn. It reduced my quality of life and my ability to think rationally considerably.
I grew out of that and I am better for it, those are chains I will never wear again.
What has been your best experience with religion?
Discovering it was nonsense with no evidence and no basis in fact.
I don't have absolute certainty but I do know there are countless questions with real answers waiting to be found. I like this, it means there are still discoveries to be made. There is still purpose for our species and even if I should play barely the most insignificant part in that journey I am satisfied.
I don't know what happens after I die, evidence would suggest nothing happens. That I am simply to return to the state of non-existence I once emerged from.
If this is the case then I deem it an acceptable state of affairs.
After consideration, it is not something I find myself afraid of.
I don't, I love it. Its hilarious.
How did you come to believe (or not) in your current deity?
Lack of proof for existence, expanded my knowledge and discovered things are infinitely more complex than made out by religion, grew up.
What has been your worst experience with Christians?
Wrong question. I don't automatically define people by their belief systems as humans are varied in personality and intellect and not to be judged by a label but who they are. You should be asking what is my worst experience with Christianity or if you want to be completely unbiased; religion.
What has been your most pleasant experience with Christians?
See above.
What has been your worst experience with religion?
Indoctrination. I was indoctrinated from an early age. The worst thing you can do to a human being is take away his capacity for reason and make him a dogmatic sycophantic slave living in fear of an all powerful being he is also commanded to unconditionally love or else burn. It reduced my quality of life and my ability to think rationally considerably.
I grew out of that and I am better for it, those are chains I will never wear again.
What has been your best experience with religion?
Discovering it was nonsense with no evidence and no basis in fact.
I don't have absolute certainty but I do know there are countless questions with real answers waiting to be found. I like this, it means there are still discoveries to be made. There is still purpose for our species and even if I should play barely the most insignificant part in that journey I am satisfied.
I don't know what happens after I die, evidence would suggest nothing happens. That I am simply to return to the state of non-existence I once emerged from.
If this is the case then I deem it an acceptable state of affairs.
After consideration, it is not something I find myself afraid of.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
