2020: When the world ended...or at least, that's what it felt like.
Heyo, my name is Five and I am an atheist.
• How did I become an atheist? :: short answer: by trying to remain a Christian. I am actually an ex-Mormon, BIC, and I just had my faith crisis this past summer. I'll talk about the religion if you ask me about it but otherwise, let's just say I was lied to all 30 years of my life, and I was almost destroyed by that ole Wizard of Oz curtain reveal. I tried to remain Christian, joined a Christian forum and read the Bible. But Mormonism had scorch-earthed me and the more I tried to answer the theological questions and fill in the holes my rejection of Mormonism had left me with, the more dissatisfied I became. I'll admit, after pinpointing what exactly left me so disappointed by Christianity, I didn't really explore other religions or do any due diligence on it. I kind of got to a "here and now" mindset and a "I don't know and I don't care" attitude.
Any opinions I have on religion, particularly the repressive fundamentalist or evangelical brand, are likely colored by my still sizzling burns from Mormonism. I'm not actively angry anymore but I'm not a full year free yet; I come here with some wounds still healing. However, progressively realizing that there is nothing "beyond" this has been a truly empowering experience. Not just shedding guilt and shame cycles or other repressive religious structures but also the mere idea of deity being removed from my considerations or daily experience, is like a yoke being lifted. In atheism, I have found peace and autonomy that religion never gave me.
• Why am I here? :: I've been watching atheist content on youtube for most of December, after graduating from the research I was doing to fully and truly put Mormonism in the ground. I really like Genetically Modified Skeptic and his break downs and analysis of the different arguments and fallacies. I wanted to look for more of that sort of content and to see more debate and active challenges to those ideas, to see how they fit and how they stand up in practice. I admit, I haven't had much interaction or encounters with watching atheism be defended or seeing theists apologetics in practice. So, I'm here to watch, to read, and possibly to interact.
I have a lot of ideas and things that occur to me in the course of my day, unpacking and unpeeling the layered philosophical discussion of the existence/non-existence of God. But I have no one to share it with. Most of my family is still Mormon and my friends don't wish to talk about this sort of thing. I don't want to be proselytized at and so, have agreed not to try to tear anyone from their faith. So, this will be an outlet to share and examine thoughts and ideas that are new to me.
That's the long and short of it. I'm excited to learn and open to questions.
(\_/)
(o.o)
(___)0
Heyo, my name is Five and I am an atheist.
• How did I become an atheist? :: short answer: by trying to remain a Christian. I am actually an ex-Mormon, BIC, and I just had my faith crisis this past summer. I'll talk about the religion if you ask me about it but otherwise, let's just say I was lied to all 30 years of my life, and I was almost destroyed by that ole Wizard of Oz curtain reveal. I tried to remain Christian, joined a Christian forum and read the Bible. But Mormonism had scorch-earthed me and the more I tried to answer the theological questions and fill in the holes my rejection of Mormonism had left me with, the more dissatisfied I became. I'll admit, after pinpointing what exactly left me so disappointed by Christianity, I didn't really explore other religions or do any due diligence on it. I kind of got to a "here and now" mindset and a "I don't know and I don't care" attitude.
Any opinions I have on religion, particularly the repressive fundamentalist or evangelical brand, are likely colored by my still sizzling burns from Mormonism. I'm not actively angry anymore but I'm not a full year free yet; I come here with some wounds still healing. However, progressively realizing that there is nothing "beyond" this has been a truly empowering experience. Not just shedding guilt and shame cycles or other repressive religious structures but also the mere idea of deity being removed from my considerations or daily experience, is like a yoke being lifted. In atheism, I have found peace and autonomy that religion never gave me.
• Why am I here? :: I've been watching atheist content on youtube for most of December, after graduating from the research I was doing to fully and truly put Mormonism in the ground. I really like Genetically Modified Skeptic and his break downs and analysis of the different arguments and fallacies. I wanted to look for more of that sort of content and to see more debate and active challenges to those ideas, to see how they fit and how they stand up in practice. I admit, I haven't had much interaction or encounters with watching atheism be defended or seeing theists apologetics in practice. So, I'm here to watch, to read, and possibly to interact.
I have a lot of ideas and things that occur to me in the course of my day, unpacking and unpeeling the layered philosophical discussion of the existence/non-existence of God. But I have no one to share it with. Most of my family is still Mormon and my friends don't wish to talk about this sort of thing. I don't want to be proselytized at and so, have agreed not to try to tear anyone from their faith. So, this will be an outlet to share and examine thoughts and ideas that are new to me.
That's the long and short of it. I'm excited to learn and open to questions.
(\_/)
(o.o)
(___)0
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