Hello, am I amongst the deconverted? If so then let me stand up and make my admission. I am *stands up and bows head in shame* a recovering Fundamentalist Christian (fc for short). I had been an fc for many years. A few years ago I got tired of the same bullshit....am I allowed to say shit here? If not please disregaurd the past two times I used the word and dab the blood coming out of your ears. I will refrain from further use of the word until given permission. Anyway I got tired of the bs they preach over and over again in church and decided to read for myself the theology behind the religion. I also read several church history books. Theology should be interpreted within the context of the time period within which it was written so I read about 3 times as many history books as I did theology books. I thought the whole thing would bring me closer to God. What happened instead was that I became horrified by what I read. I continued reading hoping that things would get better but the more I read the worse it got. I sat and watched my cold hard fundamentalist beliefs melt into a puddle of facts. the facts quickly evaporated away leaving only a small puddle, a fraction of what was there before. I'm only waiting for a small dog to come round and lap that up as well. How bad can this get? I feel like Neil awakening from the Matrix.
My puddle contains a concentrated amount of spiritual experiences I had whilst being a theist. I'm supposed to know what I am should to do with these experiences but really I don't have a clue. I hope science will provide answers soon. Hail science.
When I registered on this forum, the form wanted me to put in my religious beliefs. First I wrote Atheist, then I erased that. Then I wrote Agnostic, but I erased that as well. Then I wanted to write "i don't have a clue" but i deemed that to be too lengthy. Then I wrote "confused". I erased that for fear that this may attract unwanted attention from theists who will want to save me. My a hole is large enough already from years of having Bible enemas. I don't need any more. I finally settled on a simple question mark.
If any fc's exist on this forum I don't need any condescending "help" to get reconverted. I know more about your religion than you do. I am here to converse with the skeptics and form some sort of digital solidarity. I never appreciated how difficult it was for a nontheist to exist in a Bible infused environment (I live in the Bible belt of the USA) until I became a nontheist (of sorts) myself.
My puddle contains a concentrated amount of spiritual experiences I had whilst being a theist. I'm supposed to know what I am should to do with these experiences but really I don't have a clue. I hope science will provide answers soon. Hail science.
When I registered on this forum, the form wanted me to put in my religious beliefs. First I wrote Atheist, then I erased that. Then I wrote Agnostic, but I erased that as well. Then I wanted to write "i don't have a clue" but i deemed that to be too lengthy. Then I wrote "confused". I erased that for fear that this may attract unwanted attention from theists who will want to save me. My a hole is large enough already from years of having Bible enemas. I don't need any more. I finally settled on a simple question mark.
If any fc's exist on this forum I don't need any condescending "help" to get reconverted. I know more about your religion than you do. I am here to converse with the skeptics and form some sort of digital solidarity. I never appreciated how difficult it was for a nontheist to exist in a Bible infused environment (I live in the Bible belt of the USA) until I became a nontheist (of sorts) myself.
