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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 6:46 am
(September 23, 2018 at 3:53 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: (September 21, 2018 at 7:49 pm)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote: Christians.
QFT although pretty much any member of the god squad would suffice.
CofE primary school + zealous head teacher who liked to pontificate and preach to us = an entire class of atheists.
Our local CofE primary which my nephew attends had the wonderful Christian idea of donating bob hats, gloves and scarves to the homeless. My nephew who is 7 years of age asked me why the church didn't open up at night so they could sleep there. I advised him to ask the vicar..
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 7:16 am
(September 25, 2018 at 6:46 am)IWNKYAAIMI Wrote: (September 23, 2018 at 3:53 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: QFT although pretty much any member of the god squad would suffice.
CofE primary school + zealous head teacher who liked to pontificate and preach to us = an entire class of atheists.
Our local CofE primary which my nephew attends had the wonderful Christian idea of donating bob hats, gloves and scarves to the homeless. My nephew who is 7 years of age asked me why the church didn't open up at night so they could sleep there. I advised him to ask the vicar..
Evidence of how beneficial it is to teach children how to think as opposed to what to think.
I recall my classmates and I at a slightly older age wondering why the good news version of the bible we had at school (clearly aimed at children based on the artwork of the front cover) depicted mass murder of the flood as good news?
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 7:47 am
I think I always was one (even when I was a kid/church attendee), but Evangelicals pushed me right over the edge.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 7:57 am
I never became an atheist; I've been one since I was able to consider the question. The whole god thing just never made any sense, especially the all-loving god that would torture you if you didn't love him back.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 8:04 am
(September 25, 2018 at 7:47 am)Figbash Wrote: I think I always was one (even when I was a kid/church attendee), but Evangelicals pushed me right over the edge.
When I was ~ 7 years old we attended a family reunion. I think there were more preachers than laypeople there. They actually set up a tent for a "family revival". This was our cue to fade away.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Not an atheist, but I left Christianity because I saw how all these fucked up people act. How could I believe in a god with such shitty followers?
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 1:10 pm
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Maybe god really is a dick, and they're doing it right? I don't know why people reject that out of hand.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 1:51 pm
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(September 25, 2018 at 1:10 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Maybe god really is a dick, and they're doing it right? I don't know why people reject that out of hand.
Worshiping a shitty god makes you a shitty person.
That's why I believe that if there's something out there, it's not really interested in what we do.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 1:53 pm
Thought.
Contemplation.
Questioning.
Dying to live, living to die.
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RE: What made you become an atheist?
September 25, 2018 at 2:00 pm
The older I got, the more I thought about what was really in the bible. I asked myself if I really approved of a lot of the things that happened within, and the answer was no. Of course some people will argue that "god doesn't need your approval", but if I worship him then I'm basically saying everything he did was fine, and I find no fault in it. After speaking with other people who don't believe in gods, or don't believe in my god, I eventually just renounced religion entirely.
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