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I recently became an Atheist

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I recently became an Atheist
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RE: I recently became an Atheist
May 1, 2015 at 12:15 pm
For most new atheists, those feelings of depression and anger will fade. You will discover that, other than eliminating your unsupported god beliefs, you probably haven't changed as a person.

If you were a good person as a believer, you will remain a good person as an atheist. If the only reason why you were a good person when you were a believer is because of the fear of a god, or the hope of a reward, you weren't really a good person.

Human morals originate from a combination of our evolutionary past as a social species, natural empathy, rationality, reciprocal altruism. No gods needed.

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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I recently became an Atheist

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I recently became an Atheist - by Twisted - May 1, 2015 at 11:46 am
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by robvalue - May 1, 2015 at 12:55 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Jericho - May 1, 2015 at 12:58 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by AFTT47 - May 1, 2015 at 12:59 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by robvalue - May 2, 2015 at 4:17 am
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by pocaracas - May 2, 2015 at 5:56 am
I recently became an Atheist - by Twisted - May 1, 2015 at 11:53 am
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Napoléon - May 1, 2015 at 11:59 am
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Jericho - May 1, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Simon Moon - May 1, 2015 at 12:15 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Twisted - May 1, 2015 at 12:37 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Jericho - May 1, 2015 at 12:23 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by robvalue - May 1, 2015 at 11:59 am
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Twisted - May 1, 2015 at 12:05 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by robvalue - May 1, 2015 at 12:11 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Jericho - May 1, 2015 at 12:19 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Twisted - May 1, 2015 at 12:31 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Pyrrho - May 1, 2015 at 1:18 pm
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Twisted - May 2, 2015 at 4:14 am
RE: I recently became an Atheist - by Minimalist - May 1, 2015 at 12:36 pm

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