RE: Why are YOU an Atheist?
October 14, 2012 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 14, 2012 at 2:59 pm by Cyberman.)
Mine is an old story, which I've said before on several occasions, however here it is. For me it could be argued - though far from seriously - that it was a violation of my free will, of sorts. I was taught to read by my parents before I even started Primary School, which explains my love of reading and language and for which I shall be eternally grateful. As a result, I've been devouring such knowledge as is contained in literature, and latterly online, throughout my life so far. Also, my parents encouraged me in my childhood fascination for backyard astronomy; so for me, the Universe at large simply had no room for any god-stuff. In fact, such supernatural considerations were never a part of my life whatsoever until very recently, though I'd had the odd encounter or three with others who considered themselves born again and all that. For me, though, if I'd thought about this stuff at all it was merely idle speculation. I knew, for instance, that the Universe wasn't made in six days, literal or not; that our world isn't even remotely special in our Galaxy, let alone the cosmos; and so on.
My inbuilt atheism didn't coalesce until around nine years ago, when I got access to the internet. I'd read a magazine article about that ancient fraud, the Turin Shroud, and how the faker might have done it. One day when I was at work with lots to do but plenty of time in which to do it (in the Civil Service, a job will take exactly as long as it takes, not one minute more or less), I remembered this article and decided to see if I could find some reference to it. Thus I found Ken Humphreys' excellent article - sadly gone from JesusNeverExisted.com, the parent site, but mirrored here - thence I backed into the main site and from there on out, my journey towards the dark side was complete.
My inbuilt atheism didn't coalesce until around nine years ago, when I got access to the internet. I'd read a magazine article about that ancient fraud, the Turin Shroud, and how the faker might have done it. One day when I was at work with lots to do but plenty of time in which to do it (in the Civil Service, a job will take exactly as long as it takes, not one minute more or less), I remembered this article and decided to see if I could find some reference to it. Thus I found Ken Humphreys' excellent article - sadly gone from JesusNeverExisted.com, the parent site, but mirrored here - thence I backed into the main site and from there on out, my journey towards the dark side was complete.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
