Salutations.
March 14, 2010 at 5:38 pm
(This post was last modified: March 14, 2010 at 5:46 pm by Bramblepath.)
I'm not entirely sure how to phrase this without sounding foolish, but the common theme seems to be a life story, so here goes:
I've never really been able to believe in a god. Despite the attempted indoctrination I've had all of my life (I went to a C of E school, and a Roman Catholic school), it's always been something that seemed dumbfounded or nonsensical. My parents never tried to force me into a religion, which I'm eternally grateful for. Instead, they went for the approach of not caring about religion, and just leaving me to it. On top of this, science has always seemed to be more interesting to me than theology, and I've always wondered (even from a young age) how anyone can possibly remain resolute in the face of scientific reasoning.
It's only been recently that I've come to terms with being atheist: I always considered myself agnostic, or I didn't bother thinking about it. But in the last few months it's been increasingly clear to me that religion is something that has no place in a world that I can imagine.
My views on religion are that it really should have no questions about it: God is irrelevant, because if someone had come along two thousand years ago and proclaimed a giant celestial teapot, we'd all be worshiping that. I'm a devout atheist, and no matter any way I try to think about it, I simply can't fathom any form of omnipotent, omniscient, divine intelligence.
The vast majority of my friends are theist or deist, and I have to put up with a lot of crap from them about how "there's evidence for" creation. There simply isn't. At all. My Religious Education teacher enjoys using me as the Class Atheist (I'll admit, it's not all bad; it gives me a chance to put across arguments that confuse and baffle my retarded class mates). All in all, I enjoy, somewhat, being an atheist against all these odds. Personally, it gives me a sense of being more independent and clear-minded. But I try not to be big headed about it.
Again, greetings - I hope to find these forums an enjoyable outlet.
I've never really been able to believe in a god. Despite the attempted indoctrination I've had all of my life (I went to a C of E school, and a Roman Catholic school), it's always been something that seemed dumbfounded or nonsensical. My parents never tried to force me into a religion, which I'm eternally grateful for. Instead, they went for the approach of not caring about religion, and just leaving me to it. On top of this, science has always seemed to be more interesting to me than theology, and I've always wondered (even from a young age) how anyone can possibly remain resolute in the face of scientific reasoning.
It's only been recently that I've come to terms with being atheist: I always considered myself agnostic, or I didn't bother thinking about it. But in the last few months it's been increasingly clear to me that religion is something that has no place in a world that I can imagine.
My views on religion are that it really should have no questions about it: God is irrelevant, because if someone had come along two thousand years ago and proclaimed a giant celestial teapot, we'd all be worshiping that. I'm a devout atheist, and no matter any way I try to think about it, I simply can't fathom any form of omnipotent, omniscient, divine intelligence.
The vast majority of my friends are theist or deist, and I have to put up with a lot of crap from them about how "there's evidence for" creation. There simply isn't. At all. My Religious Education teacher enjoys using me as the Class Atheist (I'll admit, it's not all bad; it gives me a chance to put across arguments that confuse and baffle my retarded class mates). All in all, I enjoy, somewhat, being an atheist against all these odds. Personally, it gives me a sense of being more independent and clear-minded. But I try not to be big headed about it.
Again, greetings - I hope to find these forums an enjoyable outlet.
