MCalavera wrote:
DEdwards wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, you've just witnessed the birth of an atheist.
Just spend half the day watching Carl Sagan and stuff about critical thinking and this guy named Richard Hawkins on YouTube. Very enlightening.
Congrats. You're now a free man.
Now's the time to really practice your critical skills even when it comes to secular material. Never believe every word you read. Always cross and double check.
For example, some atheists might blindly believe the Jesus sun god theory without bothering to check for the evidence, but it doesn't mean they're right. Don't fall into such traps as a newly-born atheist.
If DEdwards is happy, then I'm happy for him. I have to think though, had he been raised in some other tradition than the fundies or holy rollers with their emphasis on the terror of hell, he might not have ever had this struggle with his faith.
-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer
It's called faith. With faith comes doubt. If you yourself have ever doubted, then I dare say you've struggled with the faith you have and are only holding on to it because of how it makes you feel and not due to critical reasoning.
Some people are just happy being Christians, fundies or not. Some aren't and end up leaving. That's just the way it goes.