I feel free!!

[MissR]

That is so wonderful, I'm so happy for you! I'm a lifer so I have never felt that feeling. It must be wonderful

It is pretty clear that there are only two possibilities for the many authors of the bible. They were either delusional, or wanted to control people. Mad or lying. And if you say you believe in any of it, I figure you have to be somewhere between those two as well.

I'm sorry you were forced into religion, it's so sad that people feel the need to project their silly beliefs onto their children. From the outside, religion is totally transparent as utter nonsense, but when you're caught up in something and have people telling you it's true all the time, it's hard to think clearly about it.

Welcome to the real world!

Just FYI, you can be an agnostic atheist, most atheists are. All it means is you don't believe any claims people make about god, but you're not claiming absolute knowledge that such a thing could never exist. Alternatively you can be a gnostic atheist, where you say you do know that no such thing could ever exist. Personally I say I'm an agnostic atheist against general god claims, and a gnostic atheist against god claims that include all powerful, all knowing, all good etc since they are not logically possible.

It's so nice to be in reality. I used to go to a christian forum but never felt I fit there. I didn't agree with anything they said but didn't say anything there because I'd get banned if I did. I got banned anyway. haha. I'm not a bad Christian now, I'm a good atheist! It's so nice to be around others who don't believe in fairy tales, too. I agree about the writers of the bible, mad or liars!