Losing belief

I dunno. I mean, yes. I wholeheartedly agree with others in the thread in that getting punched in the face is a pretty idiotic reason to go OH KAY I DON'T THINK ANYTHING BESIDES THE PHYSICAL EXISTS NOW, cuz, you know, Christians got beat up and killed all the time for being Christian. The Bible never says anything about God being an almighty protector from all physical pain. Was this punch in RESPONSE to a profession of belief?

Also, the fact that you're using the word "belief" is interesting, what with the nuances of the English language and someone becoming an atheist usually says that they lose faith. Is there a reason for this? Just wondering, honestly.

Finally, personal thoughts: yes. I have lost faith at one point; I was dealing with a lot of shit, least of which was the reconciling of my homosexuality with something that I felt in my bones with no lick of guilt. It's just that my loss of faith was followed by an personal understanding of things that simply makes sense to me. I'm still a Christian, but my view of God and the world is simply different from most other people's.

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Considering that there are actual religions that use (or have used) drugs in their rituals (sup Native Americans!)? Yeah. I'd say so.

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Originally Posted by Sassafrass

What did you expect to happen if you didn't hit back? God to magically come down and put a gold star on your chest for the day?

But I thought he was an ex-christian, not a jew.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

While we're at it, let's talk about that bothersome "week" thing at the beginning of Genesis.

The earth's definitely older than the several thousand years young-earth creationists hold to, so therefore that week is a LIE and means that GOD does NOT EXIST.

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Hey, idiot:



I WAS BEING FACETIOUS.

I was speaking idiomatically.

To expand on something in my journal:

Language is the archectecture that humans use to experience and explain reality, and religion is the language we use to explain the mystical parts of it.

THE OUTER CHURCH AND THE INVISIBLE COLLEGE ARE BOTH RELIGION. THEY'RE EVERYTHING AND THE SAME.






RAGGED ROBIN IS L. RON HUBBARD. DOES THAT MEAN IT WORKED FOR HIM OR IS HE JUST A CRACKPOT?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?