RE: Converted into Athiesm - My Story
February 8, 2015 at 6:40 pm
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2015 at 6:48 pm by Brian37.)
(February 8, 2015 at 6:32 pm)coolfunkDJ Wrote:(February 8, 2015 at 6:23 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Emotional reasons are not good reasons to accept or reject ANY claim. It isn't as much your parents were lying to you as much as it is that is what society sold them. Evidence is the only core and best reason to take any position.
I know atheists who have other woo, like si fi or new age woo which I cannot stand. Education is your best weapon. You are young but at your age trust me, while you got to the right side by thinking, don't stop.
Back in the late 80s I started to question, I didn't start calling myself an atheist until the mid 90s. But I was still ignorant of both theist and atheist positions. I first got online in 01 to seek out other atheists. I realized then I didn't know anything.
Books you should read.
Victor Stenger "God The Failed Hypothesis"
Victor Stenger "The New Atheism"
Richard Dawkins "The God Delusion"
Christopher Hitchens " God Is Not Great'
Sam Harris "The End Of Faith"
Sam Harris "Letter To A Christian Nation"
Ayaan Hersi Ali "Infidel"
Take your time it took me a several years.
websites I find useful
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com
http://www.positiveatheism.com
http://www.ffrf.org
http://www.atheists.org
This one
Terms you should be familiar with.
The problem with infinite regress.
The fallacy of Pascal's Wager.
Ocham's Razor.
That is for starters. Don't let that list overwhelm you. The best part is you can take your time and if you don't understand something don't feel stumped by believers when you take them on. Bring what they say back to sites like this and if you don't know something, someone here will.
Best thing is to learn, even from other posters. Know your arguments and know their arguments as well.
You sure seem to know a lot about athiesm, I have a lot to learn from you
Oh please don't I cant even operate my Velcro Shoes. Best advice is just know that the earth is 4 billion years old, and no religion was around back then. And if you pay attention enough on a daily basis and see arguments from multiple religions, it doesn't take long to realize they all make the same arguments, but just dress them up with same elaborate garbage that amounts to "poof, god did it".
And like I said, if you feel stumped by some slick snake oil salesmen, truck their argument over here and we will be happy to rip it to shreds. But you have a great head on your shoulder already at your age to say to yourself "something isn't right".
Oh and "2,000 Years of Disbelief" James Haught.......Quotes from the history of skepticism, not all atheists, but certainly historical figures who valued questioning.
