My Story
I used to consider myself a christian for several years in my youth as many have growing up in western society, and for a couple of years into my adult-hood, so far as to actually teaching Bible Study for the youth ministry at my local church, the 1st Baptist Church of Decatur. My time in the church is actually probably one of the main reasons that pushed me into my non-belief. Seeing first hand the sheer amount of nonsense I was expected to "teach" those children and the harm I felt those teachings were doing to their thought processes and to their rational minds. I began to feel it was literally impeding their ability to "learn" critically and objectively. And as a young man I began to ponder the repercussions of this and started to pay attention to the "bigger picture". This is a means of control, this is a means of indoctrination, this is stifling creativity and their individuality as much as any military boot camp. I thought it was just "my" church so I went to others, then I tried going to more....then I completely gave up and came to grips with what I deemed "reality".
I decided THAT was the reality of religion as much as any christian has decided they need to feel that presence of slavery to bring some kind of order and meaning into their lives.
I have read your sacred book, I have read your sacred book in old english as well as the NIV, I have read it with illustrations and I have read it with "lesson plans" and notations made from so called theologians with fucking degrees in this falsehood of christianity. I have read that book in everyway one can read it! And I decided there is not enough "knowledge" in it's sacred writing to warrant spending anymore time of my personal life to try to attain and I am ashamed of myself for spending as much time as have with those writings when I should have been spending my youth expanding my knowledge into real pursuits and real skills on how to survive in THIS world, not in the afterlife.
THAT! is my story....but you will never see it splashed up on the home page in the stories of the (new members) section of any religious institution on this planet. Your god made me an aggressive atheist, and as I have alluded to in previous posts, possibly a full blown satanist if there is any real definition of the term. Ohhhhh the irony....I now use my experience to attack the very foundation of abrahamic religion and everything it stands for. I use it to lead those away from it's clutches and from those that attempt to poison their lives on this planet and not enhance it, through it's ignorance, it's sophistry, it's suppression of real knowledge, stifling of free-thought and violence. We can see these "blessings" appearing in our current world in the form of the civil rights violations in our country, and in the holy gifts that keep on giving in the middle-east, we see them in new laws passed in foreign countries like Uganda and in blasphemy laws passed in others. And this is nothing compared to it's history of these acts, and the evil that will continue to be spread in it's name. I am just at a loss for words on how it is still allowed to do so in the name of this phony virtue called "Faith".
What a horrible little word that is "Faith". Exuding, as it does, its fake aura of purity and virtue while fronting some of the ugliest ideas this planet has ever seen. Closing people’s hearts when it should be opening them, making them proud of things they should be ashamed of, and ashamed of things they should be proud of. When we look at the violent barbarism of the Islamic world, we can see that no righteous act is too depraved for a mind that claims the full license allowed by faith. And if you take this God completely at his word, you can be just like him, a vicious, heartless, ignorant monster....and feel good about it. Even in the civilized world, nothing is too dishonorable to be sanctified by faith. It was faith, remember, that deprived gay people in California of their basic civil rights on the same day that America elected a black president. It was faith and it's false notions of morality and in it's ignorance, persuaded Christian black people of this nation to send the homosexuals to the back of the bus. But with more and more stories like these, I am beginning to get the impression that church might be the safest place possible for indoctrinating young girls, as it ironically seems to have such an acquired taste for homosexual acts with young boys, and sometimes even offering money for the opportunity.
My hatred and disgust for religion is real, it's tangible...it's something I can see with my very eyes and actually reach out and touch. I see it damaging friends, family, my community, my nation and my world. And I don't give a fuck if your Christ or your god is real or not, I really could care less...Even if god himself stepped down from the heavens, dragging his torn and tattered son behind him to give me a stern talking too, the only thing I would ask for in all of his infinite power and all of that claimed omnipotent wisdom....
Is a third arm.
So I could give the finger to the father, the son AND the holy spirit.and if they still had any objections, I would explain to them exactly where they could put it.
I say "peace" and I wish you all well on your travels.
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Originally Posted by Dirty Octopus™
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