Deconversion , bad thing or good thing ?

[viocjit]

I don't know if I'm in the good section but I will say what I need to say.
All my life I had only a goal (real goal) who was to go in heaven.
Now I realised that there are maybe no afterlife.
All begin there are some years (between three and six I can't remember) I saw that there are things who are similar to Christianity in Pagan religions. I don't analysed these things because I thought something like that (FR : C'est faux EN : This is false). Some years after this event I did researches about the Bible and I saw that the Bible is a selection of text.
I read a translation of the Bible in French and I didn't saw contradictions or mistakes (except the Genesis but for me it was a story to explain the sin and others things of this kind).
When I read the old testament I thought a thing of this kind (FR : pourquoi dieu demande de tuer tous ces gens ? EN : Why god ask to kill all these people ?).
After I thought that this is the god's plan therefore that is logic because this is a divine punition (logic a strange word for that).
When I finalised to read the two testaments I was satisfy because I read the Bible and the majority of Christians and non-christians inhabitant in the western world never read this book or rather this library.
Later I saw that there are contradictions and mistakes with the official history in the old and the new testament.

Conclusion : There are maybe an explication to confirm Christianity but I suppose that find an explication for all these things is very complex and probably that this explication doesn't exist.
I didn't give many details in my text because this is already long.
If you want to know more contact me.

[Kayenneh]

All my life I had only a goal (real goal) who was to go in heaven.
Now I realised that there are maybe no afterlife.

You know, though it might as a believer be hard to come to terms with thoughts like this, don't fret too much about it. The only thing you can be certain of is that you live here and now, so why not make the most out of your life according to your wants or needs?

[Angrboda]

"The only constant is change." ~ Heraclitus "All is Maya." ~ traditional



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[Tonus]

Most believers that I have known have lived their lives as if it's the only one they have, even as they extol the virtues of "the next life." I think that, like you, they are hoping for another shot but are not really convinced that it's there.

[goodnews]

What is it that you are saying ?

[viocjit]

Update : I saw many documents about Atheism and Christianity.
I must see dozens of documents and after I will choice between Atheism and Christianity.

I can say that Atheism is probably the truth but if I make the bad choice I will have the pleasure to know hell (ironic ton).
Anybody have information who can explain how the OT was invented and why ?

[Savannahw]

Update : I saw many documents about Atheism and Christianity.
I must see dozens of documents and after I will choice between Atheism and Christianity.

I can say that Atheism is probably the truth but if I make the bad choice I will have the pleasure to know hell (ironic ton).
Anybody have information who can explain how the OT was invented and why ?

Are you asking for people to try to convince you one way or the other? While I'm sure that people will try, I think that is a personal journey. Also Hell shouldn't be the biggest factor in your question of belief. Do you really want to believe in a God that will punish people eternally for finite sins?
As for the old testament, it is mostly Hebrew mythology. Why is any mythology invented? It helps explain something the people don't understand. It helps to give people a moral code.

[Minimalist]

Anybody have information who can explain how the OT was invented and why ?

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_...6ywyJr0CMC

As good a place to start as any.

[viocjit]

Anybody have information who can explain how the OT was invented and why ?

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_...6ywyJr0CMC

As good a place to start as any.

Thanks for the link.

[Angrboda]

Finkelstein, et al made a series of videos based on the book, in four parts, all available on Youtube as "The Bible Unearthed" parts 1-4.