thatwhichisnt Wrote:I stopped studying doctrine, and instead focused my attention on the fundamentals. What is the evidence that points to the inerrancy of Scripture? What is the historical proof to point to the divinity, if even the existence, of Christ? How did the universe originate, along with the species on the Earth? I started to listen to debates and lectures by the opposing “faction”, such as: Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the like. What I have learned and discovered is so vast that I do not have the time nor energy to write here. I can simply say this; there is an irreconcilable difference between reality, reason, and the Bible. Even the moral teachings of the Bible are founded in immorality. We are not here because of divine creation. Our purpose in life is not given to us, but we make it ourself. Our life is not meaningless, we create our own meaning.
THIS. I love it and can relate to it 100%.
I find it so curious that many former Christians once reached this stage that you and I reached: we fervently think Christianity is so flipping convincing that we seek to "formally" prove our assumptions, and thus begins the process of deconversion via realising how wrong and naive we were about our religion. What breaks my heart is those that pursue this path, but aren't willing to accept the fundamental flaws in Christianity.
""We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light." ~ Plato
Freedom is most definitely found in the cold hard truths of nature. Some people just need to grow out of their culture's comfort zone.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
