The Athiest Thread

[Sett]

Looking at the posts in here and the other thread, I think this should be required reading before posting:

http://www.cracked.com/article_15663_10-things-christians-atheists-can-and-must-agree-on.html

Number 3 is just pure eye cancer.

 

[UnseenWombat]

Number 3 is just pure eye cancer.

what are you referring to? that we're not that different?

 

[TerminatorCortez]

Ever thought Cortez may be just trollbaiting? Hmm? That level of hypocrisy is difficult to achieve accidentally.

How am I an hypocrit... you judge Christianity as if we we're all the same...

 

[Sett]

what are you referring to? that we're not that different?

Yeah, the guy explains it as, because atheist's have morals and seek justice, he implies that if there were no religions we wouldn't know right from wrong. Then he compares a random boob sighting to having your GF cheat on you and says it shouldn't make a difference to an atheist when it obviously does.

He needs to take a few lessons in sociology.

Edit: Right and wrong is also a shite simpletons concept :3

 

[TerminatorCortez]

I grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. I felt so alienated going to school because I wasn't allowed to befriend any "worldly people" aka non witnesses. I couldn't (and still can't) celebrate holidays. Up until 4rd grade I pushed away a lot of people who were nice to me, just because of my upbringing.

I got really sick in 5th grade and was hospitalized for a month because my stomach stopped working and I had a painful cyst. No one from my kingdom hall came to visit besides 2 of the "elders". And the only people that came had no empathy at all, I was told when paradise comes I'll be healed blah blah.

That's when I started looking at this religion differently. I felt no warmth from them at all. So finally i decided to open up, and meet people outside of my religion. (Ironicallly they most supportive people.) I thought, "if the only people I was allowed to be befriend, were hypocrites, nitpickers and judgmental people (some of my family included; sleeping around, gossiping, etc) I dont want to be apart of this." And that was it for me. .

So now, I think I'm just agnostic. My family doesn't completely know yet. (mom and brother does). But even now some of my family looks down on me for not being bathtized yet (I'm 17). I have no idea if I want to be part of a religion anymore. Guess I'll find out in the future. Sorry for the long post.

LOL well typical Jehovah Witnesses, just remember that a sect shouldn't destroy your faith in God.