Maybe it's just me, but when I see a post wherein someone points out a fallacy in ideas of god I always feel a bit nostalgic and smile. Very glad to hear them but I put god behind me a long time ago and I remember hearing or arriving at all the arguments probably 30 years ago. When I see these posts it reminds me of being young and figuring out that the world didn't have to be full of bullshit.
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Im almost to that point. I am still entertained by listening to others debate though...
AlfonseCapone
Level 6
Dec 5, 2019
1
I was never indoctrinated in the first place. I was encouraged to read and allowed to figure things out on my own. So I gradually moved from 50% sure there is no god to 99.99999999999% sure.
Flyingsaucesir
Level 8
Dec 4, 2019
1
there are 2 different worlds out there....it has been years since I had any issues with proselytizing friends... and I was married to a strong United Church follower.... there was never a conflict ... except for "Messiah" performances ... I refused (and still do) to go.... my present partner is of Judaic heritage so that never even comes up...
blzjz
Level 7
Dec 4, 2019
0
It was a lonely time without support when I decided to leave my family religion circle. The transition from a believer to a non believer was scary and painful time, no because I stopped believing in God but for my family misunderstanding. "Thanks God" 
I found non believers support groups that made me feel that it was OK no to follow my family religion. I felt lucky when I found people who were able to listen to me.
People with plenty religion knowledge should share their wisdom with the person who is feeling hopeless when he/she discovered that there is no God. Now What? I asked to myself when I discovered how poison was religion.
I like to read the posts but I skip when I smell a troll who likes to waste time.
Cecilia2018
Level 7
Dec 4, 2019
3
I feel the same way. I understand that our non belief is what brings us together, but I am disappointed that there is still so much focus on and discussion about religion. I don't spend copious amounts of energy and time discussing ghosts, aliens or God because I have moved beyond and into other areas of interest.
JustAskMe
Level 6
Dec 4, 2019
2
When I see a post about an invisible god, I roll my eyes.
LiterateHiker
Level 9
Dec 4, 2019
1
The world is STILL full of bullshit.
Always will be.
As new members join, those same remarks will continue to be made.
Everyone is at different points on their journey to reason.
I'm really okay with seeing the same points being made over and over.
Sometimes I'll comment, sometimes I'll scroll on.
I don't let it bother me.
I do try to be encouraging to those still searching.
For some, it's a struggle. They deserve encouragement to continue.
I try not to see it as a waste of my time. There's always the possibility that
I might actually help someone. I'm down for that.
KKGator
Level 9
Dec 4, 2019
6
yes
There are many people on this site. Some of us have had it figured out for decades. Others are just now figuring it out. We who are more experienced can try to help those who are still struggling.
BestWithoutGods
Level 8
Dec 4, 2019
6
It's real simple. There is no such thing as "god." It's all make-believe. Get over it.
mischl
Level 8
Dec 4, 2019
1
Having come from a very strong religious background, I can say for myself, and I am sure I speak for others, that it isn't that simple for some people.
I have been identifying as an atheist for over 15 years; but, it was a journey that took over a decade; so, I know what others are going through. Some people who come here are in the process of going through that journey and I am happy to be of help.
Those who were never believers, or who came to realizations very early in their lives, have not had to make that gut-wrenching journey and just cannot understand what it is like for those of us who did, or those who are currently in the process of letting go.
@Joanne Yes, I identify with your past. I was raised by a couple of strong-willed Baptists. But I was also an observer, even at an early age. I didn't believe the indoctrination as early as 12, but I kept my mouth shut. I left home at the age of 17 and by the next year I came out as an agnostic (with strong atheist leanings), which I still am.
@mischl I wish I had realized things earlier in my life. Although I had questions at an early age, I thought my mother knew everything there was to know about the Bible; and, I accepted what I was taught.
My journey from belief started with leaving organized religion; and ended, a little over a decade later, with my becoming an atheist.
It was not just letting go of my religion that was hard, it was accepting that my mother was wrong and losing that connection with her.
@mischl It's funny (sad funny, not funny funny) how I thought any true Christian believed in Hellfire and brimstone and that most people were going to end up there being tortured for eternity. This, of course, was one of the teachings with which I had a very big problem. Nice people going to Hell really bothered me.
I have wondered if I would have ended up an atheist had I been brought up in a Christian tradition that does not believe in Hell, or take the Bible literally, as I would not have had a horrible teaching to question; and I would not have had to try to make sense of so many contradictions.
I know atheists who did come from more liberal and open-minded Christian backgrounds; so, I guess there still would have been hope for me .
@Joanne I guess I was lucky in that my mother, while a xtian, was something of a "seeker" - jehovah's witness, original translations, etc - and my father, while catholic, wasn't very active. I was indoctrinated and did briefly go to Baptist church as a child - but it was never something which was out of the realm of being questioned. And my grandfather was more of a theist back then than anything. So my being an atheist was frowned upon but not really punished. And my family ultimately accepted it. Love was more important than doctrine. So I was lucky compared to many
I hear you! Why oh why are they wasting their time (and ours!) with such drivel???
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Dec 4, 2019
0
I lost most of my anger over it many years ago. Now I just kinda "pity the fools".
JeffMesser
Level 8
Dec 4, 2019
3
and then there is having to deal with theists trying to force their dogma on all of us through legislation.
@jlynn37 jagat mithya
I still get angry. I get angry at those who want to use the government to force their disgusting religion onto the rest of us. And, I get angry about the hold that religion has on people.
My mother, who has dementia, and often cannot remember what was said seconds before, is so brainwashed by religion that she came over to my house, all upset and crying, because she thought her god had let her know that she is going to die soon; and she was worried that I don't love Jesus. She wrapped her arms around me, begging me to turn to Jesus.
I don't know what set this off and over the course of a few minutes I was able to divert her, so she forgot why she even came over; but, I got angry--very angry. I was not upset with my mother, of course, but at her stinking religion that, in her more lucid moments, causes her to worry that I am going to go to Hell for eternity and she will never see me again because I don't believe the Jesus fable.
I know not all religions believe in Hell but this is the insidious belief I was taught; so, yes, I sometimes get very angry.
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