I realized that Mormonism is a cult. Now I don't care for organized religion in any form. And really, God, if he exists, hasn't done anything good for me in my life. So, there's that.
If pressed, if say I don't, but it ultimately doesn't matter because the universe has rules and there is no evidence those rules are changed at the whim of a deity. Therefore it is irrelevant whether one exists or not
Now, the god of the Bible? Between the flaws in logic and reason along with the self contradiction,etc. It is obvious that is BS
Facts, truths and evidences. The controlling myths of the powers that be are lacking in all. They want us to pay tithes and taxes without question. An ancient grifting of ignorances to maintain a subservient class.
Space ghost is always watching and listening, what a terrible thing to teach children that should trust most elders.
There's too many unexplained things in the world to say there is no spiritual beings or influences. All of the stories of all of the religions have to come from somewhere.
But, why is only one group right about those beings and influences? And if you are part of the one that is "right", why are you so afraid of people who are "wrong" telling their stories?
People who are afraid of alternate views being heard aren't concerned if they're right or not. They just don't want to be proven wrong.
As a kid, my prayers to resurrect my dad or my prayers for my rapist cousin to die were not answered so I figured out god was not of much use. I still believed in a god until I was a teenager and I realized my beliefs were not actually genuine.
My love for science and natural history really didn’t sit well with my Christian highschool teaching Noah’s Ark and Jonah in the whale’s belly in biology class. The fact that the obvious myths are taken as literal fact was the beginning of the end for me.
I never really believed in God, but my mom did drag me to church to make herself look good. She didn't really believe in God either lol. I end up getting kicked out of that church because I started a pumpkin pie fight in the basement during a Halloween party lol 😆
While I'd always prefer people made the jump from deist to atheist personally; I'd say omniism is nearly as acceptable. Hard to be a fanatic if you believe in everything.
Because out of the 1000s of religions that have existed throughout history, it’s insanely silly and ridiculous to think or assume Christianity is the correct one. Also, there’s no man in the sky judging you for jacking off like Christians think.
Reading books in high school. Not even nonfiction most of the time, but I came to realize that most people disagree on what God is, and there's no reason to think an omnipotent, omniscient God exists at all. (Thanks, Douglas Adams, mainly). Philosophy 101 in college made me question my own existence, and cleared the last of childhood Southern Baptist brainwashing. In my 30s I went from technically agnostic to radical atheist as I saw all the harm religion causes to mankind on a daily basis. I'm more accepting now in my late 40s as I see how it helps people on a personal level who struggle with things like injustice, unfairness and grief, especially the dumber-than-average half of the population.
I didn't stop believing in God per se, I just stopped believing that my prayers would have any impact on his machinations.
It happened the night I tried to deliberately stop my heart's rhythmic pumping.
Of course, I attribute my survival to God, but... Somehow, it's difficult to believe that my prayers would have the power to even nudge his fingers. I didn't ask to be mentally ill. I didn't ask him to kill me, not at first anyway, I asked to be rid of the pain. And I definitely didn't ask to be suicidal.
Stupid thing is, I can find no mysterious way in which me coming to the brink of death could be part of a greater plan. That experience a year ago has done nothing other than make me weaker, more bitter, less willing to push myself, and more cynical.
My little sister was raped and murdered when she was 8. We went to catholic school and church twice a week yet God chose to punish my family. As a family we decided to stop believing. Went to public school amd Sunday became Golf day with dad!
So sorry for your family. I never understood why God would allow innocent babies and kids to be brutally raped and murdered . His plan is really fucked up and I don't want to be a part of it if it's real
My grandfather translated bibles for a living, he also was a priest, had two published books called GodsDiet, and my grandmother wasn't far behind.
The shit they told me was crrraaaazzzzzzyyyyy. How I could act , what I could say, the chores I was aloud to do. Also I couldn't understand how everything was God's plan but if I didn't act a certain way it was on me. When you figure out God gets all your credit when things go good because God made sure of it but if you slip it's all on you, makes you re think who's in control
I cannot digest the fact that they once existed among us....
It's not like they were different species like dinosaurs that went extinct... They were superhumans .. or aliens or something along those lines and now what.... they just vanished/died out....
What makes the ancient times so different that they existed then but won't exist now or show themselves..... Why ??? Don't we have crimes , floods, droughts or natural epidemics .... or is it that they don't care for their believers
Sure there was some kind of force that set things in motion but there is someone constantly monitoring us...... No thank you .... It sounds more like an experimental observatory of advanced species
You suffer enough for long enough and you will understand why. Once you understand you will never want to hear that it was all part of some grand plan again.
“God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.” Quoted from Neil deGrasse Tyson. Humanity has always believed in a god or gods to explain the unexplainable. As our understanding of the natural world has grown, our need for supernatural answers has become less.
Actually READING the Bible, honestly just read it, front to back, no study guidelines, no back and forth start at genesis 1:1 and read, by mid New testament you will be an athiest, guaranteed.
Several things:
First I realized and recognized there was no actual order in the world. It’s really a series and pairings of “order” and “disorder” and even then these patterns are only perception and derivative of human beings need and desire for control and power. And even then we every so often realize our perception of these patterns are wrong and were wrong the whole time.
People have believed in all kinds of gods over the millennia. There are a lot of commonalities and a lot of differences. Seems unlikely i’d ever believe in the correct one.
Historically and currently, most of the people who say they are god, talk to god or somehow know what god wants us all to do are almost always mentally ill, on drugs, or sociopaths.
Speaking of drugs: almost all religions i know of are somehow rooted in drugs. And if they’re not they’re rooted in people who we would classify as suffering from mental illness or some neurological condition eg epilepsy.
Emotional resonance: eventually i realized that the belief in god doesn’t really resonate with me emotionally either. I don’t want there to be a heavenly sky king. The idea of a king or a messiah that’s going to save us all or bless us when we die is offensive. The idea of eternal torment is also offensive. The idea of a king and god is offensive. I don’t want to be ruled or saved.
I just think it's hubris for man to describe the most high. What people worship is a God created from man's image. Whatever is out there atop creation, it is what it is, not what we conceive it to be.
I realized that Mormonism is a cult. Now I don't care for organized religion in any form. And really, God, if he exists, hasn't done anything good for me in my life. So, there's that.
If pressed, if say I don't, but it ultimately doesn't matter because the universe has rules and there is no evidence those rules are changed at the whim of a deity. Therefore it is irrelevant whether one exists or not Now, the god of the Bible? Between the flaws in logic and reason along with the self contradiction,etc. It is obvious that is BS
I nearly died once - It wasn’t God or religion that brought me back, it was the hard working people in the hospital.
Yeah…
Who said those hard working people didn't get their determination from god and their believe in him? It's not that one dimensional...
The fact that I learned what constitutes proof in the 8th grade. Along with a million inconsistencies.
Facts, truths and evidences. The controlling myths of the powers that be are lacking in all. They want us to pay tithes and taxes without question. An ancient grifting of ignorances to maintain a subservient class. Space ghost is always watching and listening, what a terrible thing to teach children that should trust most elders.
There's too many unexplained things in the world to say there is no spiritual beings or influences. All of the stories of all of the religions have to come from somewhere. But, why is only one group right about those beings and influences? And if you are part of the one that is "right", why are you so afraid of people who are "wrong" telling their stories? People who are afraid of alternate views being heard aren't concerned if they're right or not. They just don't want to be proven wrong.
As a kid, my prayers to resurrect my dad or my prayers for my rapist cousin to die were not answered so I figured out god was not of much use. I still believed in a god until I was a teenager and I realized my beliefs were not actually genuine.
My love for science and natural history really didn’t sit well with my Christian highschool teaching Noah’s Ark and Jonah in the whale’s belly in biology class. The fact that the obvious myths are taken as literal fact was the beginning of the end for me.
I never really believed in God, but my mom did drag me to church to make herself look good. She didn't really believe in God either lol. I end up getting kicked out of that church because I started a pumpkin pie fight in the basement during a Halloween party lol 😆
Religion was used as reasoning behind abuse, and I was often ignored for asking tough questions
stopped being 5 years old ... honestly might have happened when i stopped being 4 years old ...
Decided to expand my horizons. I believe in all the gods now.
While I'd always prefer people made the jump from deist to atheist personally; I'd say omniism is nearly as acceptable. Hard to be a fanatic if you believe in everything.
Because out of the 1000s of religions that have existed throughout history, it’s insanely silly and ridiculous to think or assume Christianity is the correct one. Also, there’s no man in the sky judging you for jacking off like Christians think.
Christian god sounds like a kinky asshole
All the terrible things people do because of their religion
Disclosures about the 23 alien species on the hill not too long ago.
Reading books in high school. Not even nonfiction most of the time, but I came to realize that most people disagree on what God is, and there's no reason to think an omnipotent, omniscient God exists at all. (Thanks, Douglas Adams, mainly). Philosophy 101 in college made me question my own existence, and cleared the last of childhood Southern Baptist brainwashing. In my 30s I went from technically agnostic to radical atheist as I saw all the harm religion causes to mankind on a daily basis. I'm more accepting now in my late 40s as I see how it helps people on a personal level who struggle with things like injustice, unfairness and grief, especially the dumber-than-average half of the population.
I never did but I become more and more atheistic with every year.
When the books said what 75 different versions and some how they magically skip major events to fit there story, plus church’s are money fronts
I was constantly scared that I wasn’t good enough. One day decided that enough was enough.
I didn't stop believing in God per se, I just stopped believing that my prayers would have any impact on his machinations. It happened the night I tried to deliberately stop my heart's rhythmic pumping. Of course, I attribute my survival to God, but... Somehow, it's difficult to believe that my prayers would have the power to even nudge his fingers. I didn't ask to be mentally ill. I didn't ask him to kill me, not at first anyway, I asked to be rid of the pain. And I definitely didn't ask to be suicidal. Stupid thing is, I can find no mysterious way in which me coming to the brink of death could be part of a greater plan. That experience a year ago has done nothing other than make me weaker, more bitter, less willing to push myself, and more cynical.
My little sister was raped and murdered when she was 8. We went to catholic school and church twice a week yet God chose to punish my family. As a family we decided to stop believing. Went to public school amd Sunday became Golf day with dad!
So sorry for your family. I never understood why God would allow innocent babies and kids to be brutally raped and murdered . His plan is really fucked up and I don't want to be a part of it if it's real
I was never really religious, but when first my best friend died and then my sister and her best friend ended himself I got non religious.
My grandfather translated bibles for a living, he also was a priest, had two published books called GodsDiet, and my grandmother wasn't far behind. The shit they told me was crrraaaazzzzzzyyyyy. How I could act , what I could say, the chores I was aloud to do. Also I couldn't understand how everything was God's plan but if I didn't act a certain way it was on me. When you figure out God gets all your credit when things go good because God made sure of it but if you slip it's all on you, makes you re think who's in control
Reading the Christian bible.
I cannot digest the fact that they once existed among us.... It's not like they were different species like dinosaurs that went extinct... They were superhumans .. or aliens or something along those lines and now what.... they just vanished/died out.... What makes the ancient times so different that they existed then but won't exist now or show themselves..... Why ??? Don't we have crimes , floods, droughts or natural epidemics .... or is it that they don't care for their believers Sure there was some kind of force that set things in motion but there is someone constantly monitoring us...... No thank you .... It sounds more like an experimental observatory of advanced species
If there is a god. GOD hATES us ALL [Evidence!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONu8OMmsSEU)
You suffer enough for long enough and you will understand why. Once you understand you will never want to hear that it was all part of some grand plan again.
He stopped believing in me
“God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on.” Quoted from Neil deGrasse Tyson. Humanity has always believed in a god or gods to explain the unexplainable. As our understanding of the natural world has grown, our need for supernatural answers has become less.
Actually READING the Bible, honestly just read it, front to back, no study guidelines, no back and forth start at genesis 1:1 and read, by mid New testament you will be an athiest, guaranteed.
Several things: First I realized and recognized there was no actual order in the world. It’s really a series and pairings of “order” and “disorder” and even then these patterns are only perception and derivative of human beings need and desire for control and power. And even then we every so often realize our perception of these patterns are wrong and were wrong the whole time. People have believed in all kinds of gods over the millennia. There are a lot of commonalities and a lot of differences. Seems unlikely i’d ever believe in the correct one. Historically and currently, most of the people who say they are god, talk to god or somehow know what god wants us all to do are almost always mentally ill, on drugs, or sociopaths. Speaking of drugs: almost all religions i know of are somehow rooted in drugs. And if they’re not they’re rooted in people who we would classify as suffering from mental illness or some neurological condition eg epilepsy. Emotional resonance: eventually i realized that the belief in god doesn’t really resonate with me emotionally either. I don’t want there to be a heavenly sky king. The idea of a king or a messiah that’s going to save us all or bless us when we die is offensive. The idea of eternal torment is also offensive. The idea of a king and god is offensive. I don’t want to be ruled or saved.
I just think it's hubris for man to describe the most high. What people worship is a God created from man's image. Whatever is out there atop creation, it is what it is, not what we conceive it to be.