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I went to church because our family went to church. I always felt that there was just something wrong with what I heard while at church. The reasons they would give for the different races, languages, Adam and Eve, Noah’s ark and so on seemed so far fetched to me even as a child. The older I got and the more I researched the farther i distanced myself from religion. I don’t know where our existence began but without a doubt at this time I know of no god that is responsible for it. I listen to people talk about their relationship with their creator and it just boggles my mind how they can’t see past the falsehoods that they allow themselves to believe. No proof = No belief. How hard is that to comprehend. Faith is not wanting to know the truth. I often debate with believers to get an understanding why they believe and have yet to hear an example that couldn’t be explained as coincidence or something they did themselves. I ask what their thoughts are about Adam and Eve and the incest that had to have happened to populate the earth. I get it was necessary at the time. The lord works in mysterious ways and it’s not for me to understand and we just have to have faith in gods plan. I am just not buying what they are saying even if it’s free. I look forward to reading and sharing with like minded people.

bobcatsimpkins 1 Jan 18
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It is not free. There is a terrible price to pay for your freedom of though and conscience.

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i am SO glad i was not raised christian! i can't speak for every rabbi in every synagogue, especially since my experience in shul, other than for weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs, is all from adulthood, which means all of it comes AFTER my realizing there are no gods. in general the experiences have been interesting and enjoyable. i mean, the sermons tend to be about, say, recycling, or reducing our carbon footprint, being educated in science, ending slavery worldwide.... interesting, cool stuff, cool enough that if i just take the god bits, if and when they appear, as metaphorical it's fine. so do i go to shul? well, on rosh hashanah and yom kippur, if i'm not sick, and i am often sick, not because i feel i have to but because i enjoy it, especially the music. otherwse, it never even crosses mind. but my point is, i never actually rebelled against judaism, even though i am culturally jewish -- i have jewishness, rather than judaism. i just realized there were no gods. that's all. it was very easy, not traumatic, didn't require any rebellion at all. if i'd been raised christian, i just don't know. i might have become an atheist BEFORE the age of 15 in that case lol!

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I figured out very early Sunday School was full of shit.
As a kid the only reason I went was because if I sat quietly for the first half I go to play with the toys in the second half, and since my Mum did not allow me toy guns and Sundays School did, it was to my mind a fair exchange.

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I was never really indoctrinate but went to church and bible school when I was with my grandparents. I remember thinking, from a very early age, how weird it all was!

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