(December 26, 2014 at 3:35 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: Morality, love, e.t.c are good, but attributing that to a invisible supernatural entity is quite dangerous. You love your loving community, yet you are afraid to tell them the truth about yourself. Don't you see, what you consider to be a loving, caring community, is actually an illusion, masking the hate underneath?
Fair point, however, it is not hatred, loathing, disownment etc. that I fear. I put myself in their shoes. In their view (which I disagree with but respect) people who do not believe in God are destined to hell, so, if I tell them I am no longer a Christian, some of my closest friends and family will now have to deal with the burden that I am going to hell. That simply is not something I would want to put on them, it would be selfish.
