I was a Methodist. I went to churchcamp every year through high school. When I got out of the Navy, I was in a Florida coffee shop talking to a christian, when the 'debate' suddenly made me realize I was an athiest. I had been for years, but had never thought of it. It was like someone had thrown a bucket if cold water on me!
It was a conversation about doing the right thing, and something about an athiest that frequented that coffeehouse. The person next to me at the counter was saying that the person of the topic could not possibly be a good person, because he was an athiest. It sounded to me as if the person, who I did not know, had always chosen the best possible choice in helping other people. But they could not ecept him, because he did not accept religion as an answer.
I realized that they were entirely predjudiced against him for that reason alone, and upon hearing their other conversation about drug rehab therapy through christ, I knew they were nuts! Aman I had never seen before got up to leave, saying" If christ is the answer, the question is wrong". It was my agreement with that, & disagreement with the joker next to me that suddenly made me realize ...I was an athiest!
That was 30 years ago, & I have spent some time looking for any scientific proof of anything in christianity. I have found nothing! I felt like I was looking for a live fish in a sandtrap!
I have done other studies in the years since, studying other, more ancient religions. After a while, you begin to see how these stories were being made up.
It was a conversation about doing the right thing, and something about an athiest that frequented that coffeehouse. The person next to me at the counter was saying that the person of the topic could not possibly be a good person, because he was an athiest. It sounded to me as if the person, who I did not know, had always chosen the best possible choice in helping other people. But they could not ecept him, because he did not accept religion as an answer.
I realized that they were entirely predjudiced against him for that reason alone, and upon hearing their other conversation about drug rehab therapy through christ, I knew they were nuts! Aman I had never seen before got up to leave, saying" If christ is the answer, the question is wrong". It was my agreement with that, & disagreement with the joker next to me that suddenly made me realize ...I was an athiest!
That was 30 years ago, & I have spent some time looking for any scientific proof of anything in christianity. I have found nothing! I felt like I was looking for a live fish in a sandtrap!
I have done other studies in the years since, studying other, more ancient religions. After a while, you begin to see how these stories were being made up.
"Why do they serve applesauce at church socials?" DocFNT
