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Ask a former atheist
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RE: Ask a former atheist
(November 14, 2017 at 8:49 am)pool the matey Wrote:
Whateverist Wrote:So you pretty much always thought God was a thing but wondered if you could use the 'rationalizations' others gave for not believing to distance yourself from the irksome parts of god belief? You tried it out but could never shake the idea that you were doing something wrong and the big Guy would kick your ass if you didn't get back in line?

Truth be said, at one point I just dropped the concept of a God entirely.

Your secret is safe with me.


(November 14, 2017 at 8:49 am)pool the matey Wrote:
Whateverist Wrote:I'd like to help you escape your God belief but I don't really know how to disprove God for you. Would you like it if it were possible? Is that why you're here?

It's okay, I'm not really looking for someone to help me "escape God", this forum helped me better my english, learn many things about logic, many different arguments, different political beliefs and many other things. This is not the only forum I'm in, I'm in other forums too and from everywhere I learn new and different things. This is just a learning experience for me, when I learn more about atheistic arguments it also helps me form arguments defending my own belief.

Imagine that, a theist with an enquiring mind. Looks like I was right about our generalizations about the infantilizing effects of god belief being taken with a good measure of salt. It isn't literally true that you all want to be put over God's shoulder and burped. Even though I've met a few here for whom it was nearly true, it would be silly to generalize too much here.


(November 14, 2017 at 8:49 am)pool the matey Wrote:
Whateverist Wrote:Good luck.

Good luck to you too, you're a awesome person.

You're just trying to make me feel bad for the occasional insulting remark. (Well played sir, well played.)
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Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 12:02 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Catholic_Lady - November 13, 2017 at 12:05 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 12:23 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Grandizer - November 15, 2017 at 12:12 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2017 at 9:46 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Catholic_Lady - November 13, 2017 at 12:24 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 12:35 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by MysticKnight - November 13, 2017 at 12:35 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by MysticKnight - November 13, 2017 at 1:09 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 1:44 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by MysticKnight - November 13, 2017 at 1:59 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Catholic_Lady - November 13, 2017 at 3:23 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by MysticKnight - November 13, 2017 at 3:46 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Catholic_Lady - November 13, 2017 at 12:40 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 1:18 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by brewer - November 13, 2017 at 3:44 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 11:27 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by GUBU - November 14, 2017 at 2:53 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 3:48 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by GUBU - November 14, 2017 at 6:41 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Aroura - November 14, 2017 at 4:06 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Cod - November 14, 2017 at 4:13 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Whateverist - November 14, 2017 at 6:39 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by downbeatplumb - November 14, 2017 at 3:04 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Succubus - November 14, 2017 at 10:29 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Cyberman - November 14, 2017 at 12:47 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 2:40 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Cyberman - November 14, 2017 at 7:39 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by brewer - November 14, 2017 at 9:15 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 9:23 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by brewer - November 14, 2017 at 9:29 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 11:13 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Minimalist - November 13, 2017 at 12:50 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by brewer - November 13, 2017 at 1:00 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Catholic_Lady - November 13, 2017 at 1:33 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by FFaith - November 13, 2017 at 1:52 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 13, 2017 at 2:00 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by downbeatplumb - November 13, 2017 at 2:28 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by LastPoet - November 13, 2017 at 3:13 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Nay_Sayer - November 13, 2017 at 3:46 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Cod - November 13, 2017 at 6:06 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Losty - November 13, 2017 at 6:14 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by The Valkyrie - November 13, 2017 at 6:14 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by GUBU - November 13, 2017 at 6:40 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Whateverist - November 13, 2017 at 8:33 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ignoramus - November 13, 2017 at 11:03 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Nay_Sayer - November 14, 2017 at 12:05 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 5:20 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Aroura - November 14, 2017 at 6:00 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Cod - November 14, 2017 at 9:24 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 9:26 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by The Valkyrie - November 14, 2017 at 5:44 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ignoramus - November 14, 2017 at 6:18 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 7:34 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2017 at 8:05 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 14, 2017 at 8:49 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Whateverist - November 14, 2017 at 3:11 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by The Grand Nudger - November 14, 2017 at 12:41 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 15, 2017 at 12:06 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by FFaith - November 14, 2017 at 4:20 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 15, 2017 at 12:17 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Succubus - November 15, 2017 at 1:22 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Grandizer - November 15, 2017 at 1:26 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 15, 2017 at 3:28 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by GUBU - November 15, 2017 at 9:03 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 15, 2017 at 9:29 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Succubus - November 15, 2017 at 9:36 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 9:53 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 15, 2017 at 11:05 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Nay_Sayer - November 15, 2017 at 11:20 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Gawdzilla Sama - November 15, 2017 at 11:35 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Grandizer - November 15, 2017 at 5:52 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Mister Agenda - November 15, 2017 at 6:01 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by I_am_not_mafia - November 15, 2017 at 11:23 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by ErGingerbreadMandude - November 15, 2017 at 11:54 am
RE: Ask a former atheist - by The Grand Nudger - November 15, 2017 at 5:56 pm
RE: Ask a former atheist - by Grandizer - November 15, 2017 at 6:57 pm

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