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I pinpointed the day I became an atheist

Started by master jedi mike, February 24, 2010, 04:59:51 PM

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master jedi mike

February 24, 2010, 04:59:51 PM
It was when I was 10. I was lying in bed thinking happy thoughts like I wanted to be nice to everything and everyone and do good deeds and stuff. I thought, "I'm a Christian" because that's what Christians do.

I woke up in the morning with an epiphany: If I wasn't a Christian when I decided I wanted to do good things for people and be nice and everything, why would that automatically make me a Christian? I realized I could be a good person without having to be any, ANY kind of religion at all.

It was later exacerbated when my mother wanted me to take first communion and go through catechism and all that. The priest said I had to confess all my sins to god and he'd forgive me. I thought, "isn't god all-knowing? Doesn't he/she/it already know what I did wrong in my life? Doesn't he/she/it already know that whatever I did, I felt sorry for it or would eventually feel sorry for it?"

There's also the whole "god works in mysterious ways" and, "god has a plan" BS that I never bought into but that's another thread.

notself

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February 24, 2010, 06:00:23 PM
mjm,

I started on the path to realize I was an atheist when I was very young for much the same reason as you.  I didn't understand why there was a need for a priest between me and god.  Once I began to see the church as an obstacle, the teachings of the church came under closer examination.  In order to find out more I read the bible cover to cover with all the footnotes.  The bible has caused more people to wake up from theocracy than all philosophers put together.  What an evil, illogical book.

hismikeness

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February 24, 2010, 08:16:33 PM
Quote from: "master jedi mike""isn't god all-knowing? Doesn't he/she/it already know what I did wrong in my life? Doesn't he/she/it already know that whatever I did, I felt sorry for it or would eventually feel sorry for it?"

Oh, how the Catholic guilt is back doored in to a young one's life. The key is you have to say it and feel sorry for it.

Total crap

Hismikeness
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Ellainix

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February 25, 2010, 01:29:28 AM
I have always been an Atheist, I am an Atheist now, and I always will be an Atheist.
Quote from: "Ivan Tudor C McHock"If your faith in god is due to your need to explain the origin of the universe, and you do not apply this same logic to the origin of god, then you are an idiot.

buttercupbaby

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February 28, 2010, 06:36:41 PM
I was an atheist when I was a little kid.   Then the catholic church got a hold of me.   My mental illness lasted 40 years.   I am better now. :bananacolor:
If we evolved from a lower life form, why are there still  creationists?  

Dries

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March 01, 2010, 05:09:47 PM
Quote from: "buttercupbaby"I was an atheist when I was a little kid.   Then the catholic church got a hold of me.   My mental illness lasted 40 years.   I am better now. :bananacolor:
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