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  • The journey went: disappointment with God, angry at God, apathetic, agnostic, then atheist. I considered myself agnostic for a long time but it always felt a bit like a compromise for me, like it’s more palatable to think “Oh, I just don’t know one way or another” over seeing god as a stopgap for holes in knowledge.

    Rather than the approach of attributing less and less to the divine over time, I decided to attribute nothing and go from there.

    Saying that one can’t disprove god’s existence feels the same to me as saying a watermelon is blue inside until it’s observed.

    Thanks for your perspective!


  • XIN@lemm.eeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneNo rights no pussy rule
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    1 year ago

    I grew up extremely conservative christian (homeschooled, no tv, women don’t work outside the house) and was taught that anything other than married man and women was evil.

    The thing is we were also taught critical thinking and logic albeit it was to compare “new teachings” against the bible. My parents always said since the bible is true [sic] it would stand up to any scrutiny. They thankfully never learned the lesson most christian leaders have that Christianity needs to be mandated for it to be effective. Obviously the bible did not hold up to logic and I’m now a proud atheist and in the process of healing.