Well, you are young. I am glad you saw through the intensity of your parents. But that still is not the core reason to reject any claim. I had intense teacher parents, my adoptive mom is still alive. They were stern, I was sensitive. Noting about religion though. I had no friends until highschool. I was bullied as a kid. Held onto some sort of belief until my mid to late 20s. But none of that bad that happened to me caused me to give up on religion. It was purely my skepticism.
Stay in school, learn every day, keep your nose out of trouble. "Athiest" is not a club or "rebelion". It is a result of coming to the conclusion through learning, that there is no evidence for any type of god.
Take your time on this suggested reading list.
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
The New Atheism, Victor Stenger
God The Failed Hypothesis, Victor Stenger
God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
Letter To A Christian Nation, Sam Harris
The End Of Faith, Sam Harris
Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Took me several years to get through those and still lots more authors I want to get to as well.
Terms you should learn.
Occham's Razor
Fallacy of Pascal's wager
Infinite regress.
Scientists you should get to know,
Neil Degrasse Tyson "Cosmos" is an awesome series to watch.
Bill Nye
Richard Dawkins
Laurence Krauss
Usefull websites
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com
www. this one
http://www.atheists.org
http://www.ffrf.org Freedom From Religion Foundation
http://www.positiveatheism.com contains lists of sourced historical quotes of famous politicians and celebrities.
And when you run into a theist who might stump you, don't simply stop and say "they got me", believe me over time if you pass what they say by others when you get stumped, you find out over time what stumped you was really hollow. If you don't know something you can pass it by other atheists here and we are always glad to help.
Outside that, welcome.
Stay in school, learn every day, keep your nose out of trouble. "Athiest" is not a club or "rebelion". It is a result of coming to the conclusion through learning, that there is no evidence for any type of god.
Take your time on this suggested reading list.
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
The New Atheism, Victor Stenger
God The Failed Hypothesis, Victor Stenger
God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens
Letter To A Christian Nation, Sam Harris
The End Of Faith, Sam Harris
Infidel, Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Took me several years to get through those and still lots more authors I want to get to as well.
Terms you should learn.
Occham's Razor
Fallacy of Pascal's wager
Infinite regress.
Scientists you should get to know,
Neil Degrasse Tyson "Cosmos" is an awesome series to watch.
Bill Nye
Richard Dawkins
Laurence Krauss
Usefull websites
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com
www. this one
http://www.atheists.org
http://www.ffrf.org Freedom From Religion Foundation
http://www.positiveatheism.com contains lists of sourced historical quotes of famous politicians and celebrities.
And when you run into a theist who might stump you, don't simply stop and say "they got me", believe me over time if you pass what they say by others when you get stumped, you find out over time what stumped you was really hollow. If you don't know something you can pass it by other atheists here and we are always glad to help.
Outside that, welcome.
