Hello everyone.
I don't know why anyone else wound up being an atheist. For me it was an ultimatum I was faced with at 14. I was either going to accept myself for who I was, or sink into the dark recess of fundamentalism. I luckily, chose to accept myself for who I was.
For the first few years I was a pretty weak atheist though. I remember we even had a teach who would spend half of his class lectures talking about the 'Biblical end times'. It was a really weird science class. These days, I would have been opposed to his violation of the separation of Church and State, however, back then I really didn't have much of a backbone, so I let him talk away.
Over time I came into contact with a few people: Both online and around my small town ( which was surprising ) who shared my lack of belief. Along the way I became exposed to Richard Dawkins, who is easily one of my idols these days. His views on a lot of things really mirror how I feel about the world. I especially love his desire to be civil, but willingness to say anything if need be despite who's feel goods it might hurt.
I'm really curious though, how did everyone else find their way to atheism?
I don't know why anyone else wound up being an atheist. For me it was an ultimatum I was faced with at 14. I was either going to accept myself for who I was, or sink into the dark recess of fundamentalism. I luckily, chose to accept myself for who I was.
For the first few years I was a pretty weak atheist though. I remember we even had a teach who would spend half of his class lectures talking about the 'Biblical end times'. It was a really weird science class. These days, I would have been opposed to his violation of the separation of Church and State, however, back then I really didn't have much of a backbone, so I let him talk away.
Over time I came into contact with a few people: Both online and around my small town ( which was surprising ) who shared my lack of belief. Along the way I became exposed to Richard Dawkins, who is easily one of my idols these days. His views on a lot of things really mirror how I feel about the world. I especially love his desire to be civil, but willingness to say anything if need be despite who's feel goods it might hurt.
I'm really curious though, how did everyone else find their way to atheism?
There is no God, so can we please get back to science?
