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A journey from Christianity to Atheism
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RE: A journey from Christianity to Atheism
(May 23, 2011 at 2:34 am)Minimalist Wrote:
(May 23, 2011 at 12:30 am)Rudolph Hucker Wrote: The more you learn the less you can believe.

My brother-in-law, a devout christian, wanted to become a missionary and attended divinity college to get a doctorate. (Yes, he already has two proper degrees).

Late one night, over a bottle of Remy Martin, he confided in me (in the family, a known "doubter") that he had had to abandon the course. He found that the more he learned, the weaker became his faith. To maintain his faith, he had to stop learning.


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RE: A journey from Christianity to Atheism
I was raised as a catholic, but somewhere around the ages of 8 or 9 I started to question my beliefs. I guess it was probably related to my passion for science, which has inevitably encouraged my to think critically. I voiced it out to my brother, who subsequently told my parents. They seemed to act as though I was going to become a person of no morals. Of course, I pretended that I believed in god in order to prevent the matter from being blown up. As the years went by, my parents seemed less and less concerned about my nonbelief. When I reached 16, I became more outspoken about it, and strange enough my parents were not as perturbed by it. I guess it was probably due to the fact that they assured themselves that I made a mature decision.
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