Hey guys, before I came on this site I am a hundred % believer, as the time goes by and read most of the post and comments on here plus every time I asked bf bout things, it changes my views in life, it turned out that the logic of things and situation from the people on here has a point. I think it's in my bones but I keep on ignoring it and don't accept the fact that I don't believe in god, I was born and raised in the Philippines. The country boasts to be the only Christian nation in Asia. More than 86 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, 6 percent belong to various nationalized Christian cults, and another 2 percent belong to well over 100 Protestant denominations. It was hard to make decisions but after how many times of thinking things, past situations in life, and right the very beginning I don't believe in my religion. it's time for me to signing off from being a believer. Yey! I felt happy and felt the freedom inside me, booooom! Officially I'm an agnostic yey!
I'm living in the Bible belt of southeastern United States, also known as Dixie. In my little region of the South Carolina, next to a mountain chain, they're absolutely nuts when it comes to Christian religious sects. Largely, they're Southern Baptists a group so strict they ban drinking, card playing and the unholy sin of dancing.
I moved here for mountain backpacking and to get away from something called hurricane season in Florida. Didn't know they'd put sign posts on telephone poles with the word repent on them.
When the locals start cranking up the religion pitch to me, I fire back my militant atheism at them. It makes them hang their heads in shame they ever brought up the topic.
I come here to get away from the locals.
Welcome to our not so mighty clan.
@Boomtarat03 I got a feeling in your country, they'll play card and dance with you.
"Every true faith is infallible, it performs what the believing person hopes to find in it. But it does not offer the least support for the establishment of an effective proof. Here, the ways of men divide. If you want to achieve peace of mind and happiness, have faith. If you want to be a disciple of truth, then search" Friedrich Nietzsche
Traveling the world can change your outlook in a big way . . . . you meet many different types of people with many different gods, and they all think that THEY happen to be the ones who have chosen the REAL god.
If everyone who claimed to have friends in high places were telling the truth . . . . thousands of gods would most certainly exist.
Congratulations, you have just crossed into the world of TRUE Reality, Logic, Reasoning, Free-Thinking and everything that a True Human being should be and strive to be.
A few more shorter and easier steps and you'll become an Atheist and the whole Universe of Reality, etc, will be wide open to you, live in it, love being in, enjoy being a part of it, THERE IS nothing better I can assure you of that.
@Boomtarat03 No need to thank me, just telling things as they are.
Congrats on coming out of the religion closet and into the light.
@Boomtarat03 You are very welcome. I hope you find joy on the path as you start to feel you can set your own "destiny."
Fascinating personal story, pretty long but thanks for sharing. Glad he found the truth about religion.
So I am fascinated to know how/why you originally came on here......
@Boomtarat03 you have lovely friends!
Welcome to the fold.
@Boomtarat03 You are very welcome.
But an agnostic still believes in some devine power, right? I was in highschool when I started questioning the existence of god. Funny because I remember being the only person in the whole class to not believe in the theory of creation, instead, I stood my ground and followed that path ever since.
I would advise against taking a "few shorter, easier steps" and becoming an atheist (not that there's anything WRONG with that...oh no). Being agnostic simply opens your mind to the infinite possibilities, while atheism shuts the door on oh, 95% of them. If there IS such a thing as reincarnation, paranormal activity, extra-sensory perception, psychic ability, and countless other phenomena, there may be an explanation we do not yet understand. I wouldn't call that 'god,' necessarily, because who knows?
Any person honest with her- or himself has to admit we have very few (if any) answers to the mysteries of life, and simply saying there AREN'T any mysteries is dogmatic nonsense.
Keep your mind open. You'll be happier that way.