I never believed bible stories. I actually really resent that I wasted so much time trying to make sense of them or fudge them when I was being far more intelligent than I realised by questioning them.
For a few years, I said I believed in God but not the bible, but really only as a concession.....I just thought you were supposed to, and simply stopped my disbelief at the Bible, but wasn't that motivated to carry on through to God himself. Then I started getting into science and the universe and what not, and gradually realised that there isn't a mystery to be resolved anymore. God is the answer to a question nobody's asking. And then the floodgates opened, I suddenly realised the whole thing was ludicrous, arrogant, anthropocentric, and most of all an infinitely less interesting explanation than the universe itself, as science reveals it.
Then I guess the final nail in the coffin was the bolstering of evolutionary theory, namely the second chapter of The Selfish Gene, 'The Replicators'. I still read it regularly, it's the most fantastic description of evolution I've ever seen. It took me from believer-because-I-assume-science-is-probably-right, to understander. I now understand that there really isn't a good reason that evolution wouldn't happen, and the burden of proof shifts to those attempting to disprove it. Now I find it impossible to believe I could ever change my mind, I really think that chapter solidified my atheism for life.
For a few years, I said I believed in God but not the bible, but really only as a concession.....I just thought you were supposed to, and simply stopped my disbelief at the Bible, but wasn't that motivated to carry on through to God himself. Then I started getting into science and the universe and what not, and gradually realised that there isn't a mystery to be resolved anymore. God is the answer to a question nobody's asking. And then the floodgates opened, I suddenly realised the whole thing was ludicrous, arrogant, anthropocentric, and most of all an infinitely less interesting explanation than the universe itself, as science reveals it.
Then I guess the final nail in the coffin was the bolstering of evolutionary theory, namely the second chapter of The Selfish Gene, 'The Replicators'. I still read it regularly, it's the most fantastic description of evolution I've ever seen. It took me from believer-because-I-assume-science-is-probably-right, to understander. I now understand that there really isn't a good reason that evolution wouldn't happen, and the burden of proof shifts to those attempting to disprove it. Now I find it impossible to believe I could ever change my mind, I really think that chapter solidified my atheism for life.
