I renounce God

[T.J.]

I came to realize that I was being presented with three options.

A.) Accept that I'm worshiping a god who condones things I find to be immoral

B.) Bury my head in the sand

C.) Renounce these beliefs because the options A and B are absurd.

It was an easy choice.

[bladevalant546]

I am glad it was easy, I was an apologist and over a course of few years I finally relented and deconverted. It was painful and not easy. It can be a healing experience and you will notice a huge weight lifted....almost as if you are born again.

[T.J.]

I was an apologist in a different way. Instead of trying to prove God's existence I just presented myself in a way to indirectly say not all Christians were bad as if it made up for the countless thousands who oppressed and harassed them for being Atheists.

[Cato]

Unfortunately many thiests choose option D...

D) Invent fanciful and absurd excuses to dismiss divine moral abuses to keep the enjoyable parts of the fantasy intact.

The crazies opt for E....

E) Assert that god cannot be immoral, regardless of behavior, by definition.

[bladevalant546]

Cato123, and that is what we call Cognitive Dissonance. Amazing the leaps they will attempt to create. Anyway welcome to the darkside.

[T.J.]

Unfortunately many thiests choose option D...

D) Invent fanciful and absurd excuses to dismiss divine moral abuses to keep the enjoyable parts of the fantasy intact.

The crazies opt for E....

E) Assert that god cannot be immoral, regardless of behavior, by definition.

And I thought I was crazy for contemplating A and B...

Anyway welcome to the darkside.

Where's the cookies?

[bladevalant546]

Right over there *points* , anywho I was like that too. I would debate, but I would show that not all christians are ignorant or stupid. Sadly that comes with a price, since as you have found out. With knowledge you begin to see your world view unravel as moral contradictions become more and more obvious.

[Ben Davis]

I came to realize that I was being presented with three options.

A.) Accept that I'm worshiping a god who condones things I find to be immoral

B.) Bury my head in the sand

C.) Renounce these beliefs because the options A and B are absurd.

It was an easy choice.

Congratulations, it's a powerful step. I found that once I'd stopped worshiping, it was a fairly short step to realising I no longer believed. Many people find that part the hardest though; it's the final relinquishing of the indoctrinal & institutional supernatural concepts.

[Fruity]

Congratulations! Welcome

[shadowninjax]

congratulations. Welcome aboard. Have fun being free and without confusion for once in life.