(November 24, 2014 at 1:03 am)Alex K Wrote: So, how'd you become atheist after that ordeal?
Sorry for the delay.
I was also in the military at the time and had permission to go away for 10 months to do this thing. I would rather have done boot camp 3x over than redo that thing. That was all in 2005-2006 but I became an atheist earlier this year.
What helped me make the final decision to investigate my faith was when I got into the role of "storyteller" for the kids ministry. I had been active in the church for some time and have always had a heart for kids you could say.
Anyhoo, The script for the first week held some strong language in regards to the legitimacy of the stories being told. Like a line would say "...and this TRUE event haeppend..." all capitalized and bold to really hammer the word "true" home. I couldn't get up there and tell the kids something was true when I wasn't sure if I really believed it myself.
I brought up my doubts to the leadership of the church and was asked to step down from the areas i was helping in (drums, greeting, etc.) At that point I really started seeing what the other side had to say about religion. I started looking at debates on youtube and it all went off from there. Turns out there's this thing called evolution. Spent months actually reading the bible and BAM atheist.
Sorry if this is lengthy, maybe the last couple sentences could'v done.
