RE: need to vent
December 1, 2014 at 5:50 pm
(This post was last modified: December 1, 2014 at 6:01 pm by watchamadoodle.)
(December 1, 2014 at 5:00 pm)Exian Wrote: Not to scare you off your path or anything, but searching for evidence has made many an atheist.
When you start reading the bible and make an attempt to corroborate what you read with reality, history, the beginnings of writing, the origin of humans, the origin of life, the origin of Earth, the origin of the universe, and the ideas and morphology of gods, you'll start chipping away at Christianity. Often the bible IS falsifiable. Until you're left with just God; the guy whose entire existence hinges on the Bible's veracity.
I found that doubting and proving false the bible was much easier than letting go of my personal relationship with God. Still, it fell like dominos once I realized God wasn't a meta-man in Heaven/everywhere, but a theory of mind that existed in its entirety and uniqueness in my head alone.
The nice thing about being on this side of theism is blasphemy has no meaning!
So, welcome Watchamadoodle. I implore you to blaspheme away!
Thanks. It does seem to be difficult and slow for me. I have been reading about the history of Judaism to convince myself that it evolved gradually from Canaanite religions. That has been helpful.
My only concern is that a God of some kind might be working through the world's false religions. I was mildly psychotic for a while, so I have some very strange memories that bother me periodically. I'm getting there slowly.
(Metaphysical naturalism is much healthier for me psychologically due to the psychotic issues. Sometimes I can become suspicious that something outside reality is trying to communicate with me - typical psychosis stuff. I can't afford to be too open-minded because my brain keeps falling out.)(December 1, 2014 at 5:02 pm)Losty Wrote:(December 1, 2014 at 4:27 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: Hi, Lemonvariable72. Your avatar suggests that you are a Christian. If that is the case, what do you think about the Christian forum accusing me of blasphemy and flaming for explaining that I thought Christianity and Judaism were both false based on historical evidence? How is that blasphemy? Surely every Christian is aware that some people don't believe. That shouldn't offend them IMO.
Lemon isn't a Christian hehe. I will say that even if it doesn't offend them, it's still blasphemy. As far as I know blasphemy is any written or oral reproach of god.
Oops, I was fooled by the cross.
Now I feel like a cotton headed ninny muggins for sure.
