Mankind is over two MILLION years old and christianity just two thousand years old!! The only reason christianity survives is the child abuse of forcing it into vulnerable very young children!!
Acceptance of a supernatural claim tends to promote cooperative social relationships. This communication demonstrates a willingness to accept, without skepticism, the influence of the speaker in a way similar to a child's acceptance of the influence of a parent. By encouraging this kind of behavior where the most intense social relationships occur it facilitates the lack of skepticism and deters more open minded thinking.
They are christian, Muslim or the other religions depending where they were born simply because they were indoctrinated by their parents as very young children. They will go on to indoctrinate their own children and those will go on to indoctrinate their grandchildren!!
Atheists have the intellect to see through the conditioning and escape into the real world!!
Agnostics have the intellect to see through the conditioning but lack the courage to throw of the conditioning entirely.
Sadly Christians are still held firmly prisoner by the self perpetuating brainwashing!!
But let us look at personal achievements then!!
I have worked with lepers, in disaster areas, with aid agencies and in charities to help the poor and disadvantaged. I was a director of several charities, deputy chairman of two and also did a certain amount of voluntary work!!
Now I am retired I do a certain amount of consultancy - for free - with charities and also do a little voluntary work.
Sadly we lost some great workers and had to move others due to the christian bullying and threats of hell and damnation. Now thankfully all the aid agencies have a binding code of conduct but it still has not stopped the bullying entirely!!
Have you ever done anything other than sit on your but persecuting those that get off theirs and help people?!!
Some do as they were just brought up that way, others do just because they find it impossible to believe.
Others however are brought up as religious and start questioning, and doing a lot of research before they decide to become atheists. For some, like me, it was somewhat scary dropping formal religion which made it hard for me to do, but my common sense told me there was something very wrong with religion.
Some spend years studying and debating before they believe there are no such thing as gods. Others stop believing as teenagers just to make their parents angry. Many were raised without religion and don't give it a second thought.
Torg
EDIT: I actually have an advanced degree, but I remained a believer for another 15 years. Two of my brothers also have advanced degrees, and they are still believers.
I first prefer to say sorry for any Christian who nagged or prosecuted you wrongly, i'm uncertain how they might have indignant you, regardless of if the message of Christ can seem offensive regardless of in case you examine it from the bible your self. yet to respond to your question. The bible says that the servant might desire to bypass out into the line and the hedges and compel them to return in, that my residing house may be crammed, so specific, we would persist with you to Atheist Island, to no longer annoy or persecute you, yet because of the fact our love for Christ and the salvation of your soul compels us to, even under the prospect of demise.
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I'm not that graceful. After trying, searching, and thinking, I stumbled in.
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Mankind is over two MILLION years old and christianity just two thousand years old!! The only reason christianity survives is the child abuse of forcing it into vulnerable very young children!!
Acceptance of a supernatural claim tends to promote cooperative social relationships. This communication demonstrates a willingness to accept, without skepticism, the influence of the speaker in a way similar to a child's acceptance of the influence of a parent. By encouraging this kind of behavior where the most intense social relationships occur it facilitates the lack of skepticism and deters more open minded thinking.
They are christian, Muslim or the other religions depending where they were born simply because they were indoctrinated by their parents as very young children. They will go on to indoctrinate their own children and those will go on to indoctrinate their grandchildren!!
Atheists have the intellect to see through the conditioning and escape into the real world!!
Agnostics have the intellect to see through the conditioning but lack the courage to throw of the conditioning entirely.
Sadly Christians are still held firmly prisoner by the self perpetuating brainwashing!!
But let us look at personal achievements then!!
I have worked with lepers, in disaster areas, with aid agencies and in charities to help the poor and disadvantaged. I was a director of several charities, deputy chairman of two and also did a certain amount of voluntary work!!
Now I am retired I do a certain amount of consultancy - for free - with charities and also do a little voluntary work.
Sadly we lost some great workers and had to move others due to the christian bullying and threats of hell and damnation. Now thankfully all the aid agencies have a binding code of conduct but it still has not stopped the bullying entirely!!
Have you ever done anything other than sit on your but persecuting those that get off theirs and help people?!!
Some do as they were just brought up that way, others do just because they find it impossible to believe.
Others however are brought up as religious and start questioning, and doing a lot of research before they decide to become atheists. For some, like me, it was somewhat scary dropping formal religion which made it hard for me to do, but my common sense told me there was something very wrong with religion.
Some spend years studying and debating before they believe there are no such thing as gods. Others stop believing as teenagers just to make their parents angry. Many were raised without religion and don't give it a second thought.
Torg
EDIT: I actually have an advanced degree, but I remained a believer for another 15 years. Two of my brothers also have advanced degrees, and they are still believers.
I first prefer to say sorry for any Christian who nagged or prosecuted you wrongly, i'm uncertain how they might have indignant you, regardless of if the message of Christ can seem offensive regardless of in case you examine it from the bible your self. yet to respond to your question. The bible says that the servant might desire to bypass out into the line and the hedges and compel them to return in, that my residing house may be crammed, so specific, we would persist with you to Atheist Island, to no longer annoy or persecute you, yet because of the fact our love for Christ and the salvation of your soul compels us to, even under the prospect of demise.
Apparently you are still struggling with the definition of the word 'atheism'.
No, there are no things you have to do to become atheistic. If you don't believe in a higher power (God), then you are basically an atheist.
Four years of theology study at Olivet Nazarene made me an atheist. (Probably not what my Christian Professors intended).
Mini Rant. Closed question. Christian alert.
I've just read books that have opened my mind to impossibilities.