(March 21, 2013 at 1:01 pm)Tonus Wrote: Welcome, thatwhichisnt.
Our stories share some similarities. It's important to recognize that religious belief is anchored by a set of beliefs or suppositions that we accept uncritically. Once you overcome the programming, you can see the extent to which theists are still hobbled by that; note how often their arguments in favor of god's existence rely on the assumption that god exists. It's particularly humbling when you can see yourself making those same arguments in the past, but so incredibly liberating to realize that you've shaken off chains that you did not know you were bound with.
Indeed. It is also weird to hear people speak the way I used to. Many times I have thought to myself, "Holy shit, I sounded crazy". If Christianity, or any other religion as well, were smaller it would be considered a cult.
