What age did you grow out of atheism?
I was atheist since 9 years old and then grew up at 15. Still don't technically belong to any particular religion, but I recognize the truth and benefit to each one. (besides kikes and mudslimes). I basically have this mega-theory that ties all the religions together in every way. It's pretty amazing actually, might write a book someday.
Nearly every religion is right in it's own way, but lacking perspective in another way.
>>81414791
By the way, if I had to name the "best" one, as in the one that gets the most stuff right in the most concise ways, it's a tie between Buddhism/Hinduism.
If I had more knowledge on the "religion" of the Atlanteans or even Sumerians, I would pick them, though.
>>81414298
23 desu
I was a devour Catholic -> Atheist -> -> Buddhist. Then I found Art and realized that this shit is all subjective and arbitrary, got nihilistic for a bit. That was boring so I doubled down and became a weird amalgamation of religions and just follow my heart.
My heart is telling me to start a _____ war.
>>81414791
Religion was useful as a tool to organize society during darker times, today it serves as a philosophical guideline, but please don't tell me you actually believe in the ridiculous mystical deities of any religion.
>says studies finds conservatives are more likely to fall for bullshit
> uses bullshit 'research'
2 years ago, when I was 20.
>>81414298
Why would one grow out of rational skepticism?
I never will "grow out of atheism". I just don't believe in a God. There is no convincing proof.
Though I do think some religions are inherently better than others.
>>81414298
never got into religion
my parents did the right thing and let me decide for myself; they showed me a plethora of religions. Both new and old, extinct and still going on
At one point i realized that there was zero benefit to me if i joined one religion over another, but a WHOLE LOT of cons
so i abandoned the search
>>81414298
Having a bullshit detector isn't something you grow out of
>>81414298
>No evidence to support the existence of a deity/supernatural being
>growing out of needed evidence
>>81414298
It's not age, it's intelligence. Kids can't see the evidence of God because of lower IQ's, but that doesn't always change with age.
And some never get real intelligence. Penn Gillette, for one. They just aren't capable of free thinking.
It's no coincidence that most leftists are atheists.
>>81418990
There's no inherent intelligence in believing superstition. I grew out of believing in God when I grew out of believing in the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus.
never
It's a constant journey for me.
I didn't believe at all for a while, but then weird coincidences and chance events began happening to me as I delved into occult stuff. This in itself has led me to believe in more than "logic" and "science" but I don't think I believe fully in God yet. There's hints of Him in my life but I can't say that's him for certain. Of course I believe in the essence of the universe kinda God but I wonder how often that could actually interact with me. One day I'll figure it out.
Call it what you will, I'm enjoying the heck out of my unorthodox search for truth.
Became an atheist at 15, then a liberal faggot, then after 5 years I finally grew up at 20
people become atheist by education. people who become religious do it because of hitting rock bottom.
>>81414298
>believes unscientific paper claims because supports your biases
>still can't believe in a higher power
I've been nonreligious as long as I can remember. I've tried to make myself believe, read the entire Bible and went to church every week for a couple years, participated and volunteered and everything but I could never actually believe. It's just not there for me.
I was never an edgy atheist even when it was the hip thing at 15/16. I've always been a supporter of the "atheism is as bad as fundamentalism" argument because it really is. I even remember the local atheist edgelord at college try to call me ignorant because I said I was "agnostic". Like what the fuck
18
>>81414298
The same year i realized santa clause is obviously real
>>81414298
I never went through an atheist phase. I went through a God fearing phase in middle school, and a new age phase in high school, but now I've settled down with syncretic paganism.
>>81419299
The only way you don't believe in God is to know who or what God is.
If the only idea you can come up with is an old white bearded man that lives on clouds...ok, that's the limit of your intelligence.
>>81414298
There are no real atheists just like there's no real Christians.
Athiests can't prove there isn't a higher power and develop a god-complex. Jesus never wrote scripture so other Jews just kept reading the bible and became Catholic.
You're either Agnostic or a radical.
>Imaginary wizard
>still believes in fairy tales
nice spook, cucktian
>>81414298
16. Atheism is for edgy teenagers who think they are smarter than everyone else.
>>81420689
As long as we all recognize that theism is for retarded baby people
>>81414298
If you pay taxes I don't give a fuck what you believe.
I tolerate atheists because atheists tolerate me.
>>81414298
I lost my faith for a few years when I was a teen but regained it after a literal miracle happened to me. I had a cyst in my head that was pushing up against my cerebellum. Because of this I was miserable I had tremors, pain in my head, and migraines everyday. Suddenly the cyst didn't show up in my bi yearly mri, the doctors did a spinal injection with iodine to see if the area of where the cyst was would light up or not. Anyway they found out it light up meaning no more cyst. My mother told me she prayed every day for me and that this was a miracle. At first I didn't believe but after a while I regained my faith.
God is specifically asked, many times, why He doesn't just make everyone believe in Him and be done with it.
The key point of the Bible is Free Will. Despite anything you ever heard a self-described holy man as saying, God doesn't lay any obligations on you. You can believe or not as you see fit.
God will probably never solve your problems, and a typical human would never want Him to. But it's nice to have a friend you can talk things through with.
>>81420853
>I tolerate atheists because atheists tolerate me.
Only if you agree with them.
Have you ever known a leftist to tolerate anything they don't like?
>they actually believe someone made the universe
you literally can't make this shit up... oh wait
>>81414298
>fb """meme""" page
>fb """meme""" page website
>Suggesting liberal ideology based on bullshit is not not susceptible to bullshit
Yeah maybe i'll just stick with my team
>>81420836
Your post proves my point.
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>>81421174
tolerant theist in pic related
Is it still atheism to not believe in any teachings but still question and mildly support intentional design?
>>81421322
Forgot
>commented "no comment" instead of just not commenting
It's like they want to be laughed at
>>81421174
That's a good point Anon.
>>81421038
ALL THOSE FUCKERS GREW UP CHRISTIANS AND WERE NOT ATHEISTS BUT WERE DEED BATSHIT CRAZY!
>>81421355
>It's only childish when YOU insult ME
>>81421436
Stupid anon.
That's not a theist. That's a goatfucker.
Islam worships a man, mohamed, not God.
Just like leftists.
>>81414298
>What age did you grow out of atheism
When I was about 20 and I accepted Satan as my lord and savior
>>81421606
>Jesus wasn't a man
What a good christian you are.
>>81416602
I don't think anyone here believes in fairy tales like patriarchy, rape culture, and white privilege.
>>81421585
OKAY ANON ANYTHING THAT GETS YOU THROUGH THE DAY.
I feel like every post in this thread is sarcasm, atheism is not something you grow out of. You either believe in the supernatural, or you're smart enough not to.
>>81421682
Jesus was called the son of God.
Good atheist. Don't let facts get in your way.
>>81421794
>Jesus was called the son of God.
We're all the children of god. Jesus himself said so.
>>81421782
>>81421685
>patriarchy, rape culture, and white privilege.
These are all true things, but leftists take them out of context.
Just like they do with God. Not a coincidence.
>>81421891
that's a nice atheist you have in your pic
>>81421782
>You either believe in the supernatural, or you're smart enough not to.
You aren't smart. You demonstrated it with this sentence.
More proof: you have no idea what I mean.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/201205/does-autism-lead-atheism
>>81421868
The books of the NT disagree with each other.
Anyway, this isn't a Christian thread, it's religion in general.
>>81414298
>people who think meaningless statements are profound are more sympathetic to Republican candidates
You have to wonder how insane they are to believe this. I mean, the left consists of nothing but an endless amounts of buzzwords and pointless symbolism; diversity, tolerance, multiculturalism, privilege, pride, hope, bravery, herstory, girl power, cultural appropriation. And it's all empty bullshit.
>>81421961
he was roman catholic, his priest said so, the vatican said so, he said so in many letters, speeces, books, and radio speeches
you dont get to rewrite someones religion just cause you dont like being associated with them
>well...uh...he wasnt REALLY part of my religion
>>81421587
I made the assertion that atheists believe they are smarter than everyone else. Your comeback was that theist were 'retarded'. You could of said anything other than a lack of intelligence and it would of not added to my point. You could have said that my point was dull or uninformed, or really anything else. But, you said that theist were less intelligent than you. This is exactly what i said atheist do.
>>81422055
If god was real, he would be natural. Not supernatural.
Why can't people understand this?
>>81422305
You forgot treason and multiple felonies.
Is it a coincidence that Hildog in not religious?
>>81422362
Hitler lamented that Germany was Christian on numerous occasions. Religion was nothing but a tool for him.
>>81422362
>Aspects of the religious views of Adolf Hitler are a matter of debate. Hitler was skeptical of religion generally, and wary of its place in politics. Raised by an anti-clerical father and practising Catholic mother, Hitler was baptised and confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church. In adulthood, Kershaw, Alan Bullock, Rees and others consider that he became disdainful of Christianity, but retained some respect for the organisational power of the Church.
Atheist
>>81422305
Not to them. A shared illusion is reality.
Thats the government trick.
>>81422362
>he was roman catholic,
Hilter worshipped a Jew.
This is why you retarded fuckers always lose.
>>81420689
I mean, not having a belief in the supernatural isn't edgy. Having an unsupported belief that it isn't possible is pretty retarded, but it's no less retarded than believing thousand year old sand-rat stories.
>b-but 4chan is actually religious :^)
>>81422686
>not knowing 4chan's official religion is Kek.
>>81422434
Supernatural is a subset of natural.
Natural means it develop without influence. By definition, anything that exists is natural.
The only thing that could be 'supernatural' would be something left over from a previous universe, but of course that can't exist.
'Supernatural' is a made-up nonsense word.
>>81422434
its easier
imagine if they had to come up with some substantial evidence or location of of whatever God they believed in. Then science/progress keeps disproving them
its happened to Christianity too
>Priest: God is in the clouds! Satan is in the middle of the earth!
>science: we did probes, the middle of the earth is molten rock/metal surrounding a magnetic ever spinning iron core that gives the earth its magnetic field that lets us all live...but no Satan and no hell. Were still searching space, maybe if you could give us some specific coordinates?
>Priest: "nervous chuckle"...uhhh... we just cant see him....um...hes interdimensional! thats the next thing to say!
>>81422466
That's it, anon.
Use logic and reason with a nazi. That always works.
Probably early 20's, then I became an "agnostic", then around 27 I became a (flawed) Christian.
>>81422466
>Hitler lamented that Germany was Christian on numerous occasions. Religion was nothing but a tool for him.
lamented does not mean Athiest, i point to you the bible story of Thomas
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+20:24-29
nice try though
>>81422513
>skeptical
>wary of its place in politics
>anything wrong with this
>but was raised catholic and baptised and went to church
>atheist
retard alert!
>>81422831
>evidence or location of of whatever God they believed in. Then science/progress keeps disproving them
There's no proof the other way either.
You have to be a special kind of stupid to say that means He doesn't exist.
Atheists are great at stupid.
>>81422686
From my experience most of the ardent atheist that i have met were edgy. They also had a smugness that rubbed most people the wrong way.
>4chan is a hivemind
>>81423063
>>but was raised catholic and baptised and went to church
>>atheist
No way!1!
If you're raised Catholic you are Christian!!11!
Damn, son. That kind of autism earns you a ribbon.
>>81418990
>can't see the evidence of God because of lower IQ
>>81423103
>and so the search continues! but well leave that to science, why try and prove that our own religion is true... i mean thatd be silly right? trying to give substantial evidence that were right? lets keep up the lie!
>>81414298
When I became a real man.
>>81423298
he never said he was athiest, he went to church up until he shot himself in his bunker
so tell me, wheres your proof he wasnt one of you? oh ya, you Christians have this disdain about proving yourselves right and backing up what you say with evidence
my bad
>>81422831
One day we might find that god actually does exist.
The principle of order and whatnot. That is why being agnostic is the actual logical conclusion to this whole ordeal.
I grew out of religion at 18 if that's what you mean. I am 30 now
>>81415606
>Atlanteans
When did you stop believing in facts, anon?
>>81423318
>can't see the evidence of God because of lower IQ
You summed it up nicely, if boringly.
I'll kill you last.
>News, politics, current events
>>81423336
>why try and prove that our own religion is true... i mean thatd be silly right?
No, it'd be idiotic.
A religion can't be proven either way.
That's why it's very retarded to make the blanket statement 'God doesn't exist'.
Was that simplistic enough for you?
>>81423456
>he went to church up until he shot himself in his bunker
>and prayed to a jew
>durrrrp ok Cananon.
>>81416602
I guess you haven't met God yet.
You'll see him one day.
Grew up not knowing or caring, became an edgy atheist in my teenage years which naturally of course made me a nihilist and made me hate the world, then once I got into my 20s I realized I don't need proof that God exists. He exists in my heart and feelings are all that matter.
>>81420663
You stopped believing in God the moment you settled for expanding that definition to "higher power." That's a vague, retarded definition. You can be atheist by definition and believe in a "higher power" because that phrase is complete alcohol anonymous tier bullshit. no person of faith calls their God a "higher power."
>>81423456
>heres your proof he wasnt one of you?
That would be the genocide of Jesus' people.
>oh ya, you Christians have this disdain about proving yourselves right and backing up what you say with evidence
We don't try. Religion is a personal choice.
You scream about atheism but never back up your superstitious view with evidence, do you, Captain?
>>81424193
>wtf am I reading
For humanity's sake I hope that was a cleverly concealed ruse.
>>81424066
> Religion: X exists! believe in it!
>random guy: hmmm, so you say, but can you prove X exists?
>Religion: sure, just read these texts
>random guy: ill be back in a sec "reads furiously"
>random guy: these texts dont mean anything! its all second third, and sometimes forth accounts! you say X exists right? well wheres the proof?
>Religion:um...HERETIC! BURN THE WITCH!
>random guy: those days are over, remember?
>Religion: oh...i forgot...my bad.....its all a metaphor!!!
ad infinitum
>>81422762
It's not just that I believe in kek, but that kek believes in me.
>>81422786
You're the only person besides me that I've ever see saying this. Supernatural pretty much just means it doesn't exist.
>>81423578
>order
kek such a thing is only born from within the womb of chaos and all will eventually return to chaos
>>81418914
>no evidence of kek
Heretic
>>81418361
This lol.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153419
>In line with [11] the study was conducted in full accordance with the Ethical Guidelines of the German Association of Psychologists (DGPs) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Into le trash it goes. If there was ever a field that could be defined as bullshit, that field is Psychology.
>>81424611
checked
>>81424277
>heres your proof he wasnt one of you?
>That would be the genocide of Jesus' people.
its impossible for one of you to kill another? is that what you are saying? that a christian cant kill another christian? really? cmon, dont be that braindead
>You scream about atheism but never back up your superstitious view with evidence, do you, Captain?
cause i dont have any superstitious views.
>>81424723
>cause i dont have any superstitious views.
not an argument
>>81424409
You're painting billions of people with every viewpoint as the same.
You aren't even trying to understand what I said, because your mind is closed to anything you decide not to think about.
Good luck, anon. You'll need it.
>>81424702
>religious people
>having to have a logo and a brand for your god
>needing spirituality to have a place to fit in
absolute plebianism my dear friends, get some taste of reason please
>>81423647
At the same time you stopped being a faggot.
So, never.
>>81424476
If you hang out in atheist threads, by definition you'll never see an intelligent thought.
There's just children and nazis here.
>>81424602
Maybe, but the universe does seem to be orderly. You can expect the universe to behave in a consistent manner, but why?
If you can answer that question, you might find out if there is a god or not.
>>81414298
>I fucking love science
An account broadcasting pseudoscience for hipsters who "fucking love science", but never actually do any.
Into the trash it goes
>>81424723
>that a christian cant kill another christian?
There were no Christians involved.
Jews aren't Christian.
You are the dumbest anon I've ever typed at.
Just type 'poopyhead' at me, anon.
>>81422362
Well he violated literally everything he coulda violated and got bishops to write "With Burning Concern"
>>81414298
>Something sounds beyond the realms of possibility
>Actual evidence and experimentation proves it to be right
>People of higher intelligence generally come across these things more often because they understand how they work and want to learn how they work
>Due to being exposed to them so often the same people generally start believing things with little proof and before experimentation has taken place
>Ergo intelligent people are more gullible
I thought this was common knowledge? Democrats don't even bother with evidence or facts or proof or experimentation, they pick they think of ideology and only agree with other people who agree with them and because of that are much more likely to reject any opinion which might go against their beliefs. I suppose this is the reason Democrats are thick as pig shit.
>>81423063
The story of "doubting Thomas" literally has nothing to do with Hitler calling Christians idiots. Do you just have post-it's labeled "to take out of context:"?
>>81425429
the post i wa replying to about the Thomas story said that Hitler lamented and was skeptical about Christianity
same as Thomas was dubious of Christs claim to godhood unless he saw with his own eyes
Does it mean, if you don’t understand something, and the community of physicists don’t understand it, that means God did it? Is that how you want to play this game? Because if it is, here’s a list of things in the past that the physicists at the time didn’t understand [and now we do understand] [...]. If that’s how you want to invoke your evidence for God, then God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on - so just be ready for that to happen, if that’s how you want to come at the problem.
>>81425784
Hey, dumbass.
Click that string of numbers beside the post you're replying to.
Jesus Christ.
Amen.
>>81414298
>1 post by this ID
>How about we post multiple threads that trigger goym so that they can slide the threads for us?
>Also: kek is the only true religion, christfags repent!
>>81414298
I'm an atheist because I am too smart to believe in fairy tales.
>>81426807
>repeating digits aren't fairy tales
>>81425784
you know, as a person of faith, I actually like the notion that
>God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that’s getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on
Except that, for me, it seems to get bigger and bigger as time goes on. The more you know, the more you know that you don't know nearly as much as you thought you knew.
Albert Einstein — 'As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.'
but the darkness is the great mystery! Love the mystery, because that's what we reach out into
>being a conservative automatically means you're a christfag
I hate this meme, the christian right fucking ruined consevatism.
>>81427149
You're so cute britbong :)
I like this little sentiment of yours
>>81427331
This
>>81427331
conservatism*
Fell for the big bang meme then started wondering what's before big bang
>>81414298
>meaningless statements
By what standard?
>>81414298
>Study suggests conservatives are more susceptible to bullshit
Meanwhile, liberals are more susceptible to wanting to remove their right to say dumb shit like that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwF9SFaKy6U
>>81427398
like it or not, it'#s bigger than anything you can imagine, because the boundary of what you can imagine has an outside surface, and that is the minimum of what God can be
>>81414298
No god could have allowed this.
>>81414791
>this mega-theory that ties all the religions together in every way.
This already exists, although it's more of a philosophy than a religion. It's called Hermeticism.
>>81427715
It triggers me that 99% of plebs misinterpret science to such an extent so as to become disillusioned with it when a single theoretical expansion does not explain away the complete history of time.
>>81427941
>Study suggests conservatives are more susceptible to bullshit
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/201205/does-autism-lead-atheism
>>81425050
this is what I saw the one time I went to their webside. Shouldn't have done that even once
My parents weren't religious so I never had any reason to be. I think this story is the same for the majority of non-religious people.
I follow the faith of my people. So yeah i'm a pagan. Enjoy your Jew lord.
>>81429218
>cringe
>>81414298
I'm still agnostic but I get along with Christians more than fedora tipping fags
>>81429522
this, haven`t seen a sane atheist at all
>>81414298
>>81414298
Around 15-ish when I realised I was agnostic not Atheist.
>>81414298
32.
I FUCKING LOVE SCIENCE BRO
I discovered the Sacred Chao
>>81421682
>He doesn't know about the Trinity
Shame
>>81421652
>expecting a liar to not betray you
Your funeral
Converted to islam when I was 23.
>>81414298
about 20 years old
>>81425050
It's an absolute trash page ran by some dumb sjw bitch
>>81425111
Not the same anon but people of jewish decent can be christian.
>>81424277
You don't know what the Senagauge of Satan is do you?
>Be hardcore liberal just 6 months ago
>Atheist of course
>Since I was atheist, always had a conflict with Islam, to a degree was edgy and took it out on christianity too
It's crazy how much I changed. Full blown HITLER DID NOTHING WRONG nowadays (he really didn't), but I am still an atheist. I appreciate what christianity does for us though, I think it's values are irreplacable for the white public. Sadly this is all over and we can only watch everything burn now.
>>81429218
>tfw born jew
>follow the faith of my white lords as a pagan
Am I cucked?
>>81414298
>no scientific evidence
Ok
>>81421038
>>81431891
I thought that Breivik was a Pagan larper?
>>81414298
when i realized how much business i could drum up from reading the first few chapters of each book of the bible and managing to convince a congregation's pastor of >muh Christianity (i even helped him with a sermon)
easiest people in the world to get business from if you even remotely put the time into the presence, or better yet, buy a few cases of coffee, flour, canned goods, tea for "donations to muh poor QQ"
l2playgame.raw
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>>81432320
You are right
Breivik has later identified himself as a fascist[28] and a national socialist,[29] saying he previously exploited counterjihadist rhetoric in order to protect ethno-nationalists.[30] In 2015, he said he considers himself "culturally Christian" but that he has never personally identified as a Christian, and called his religion Odinism.
to me it is just a edgy atheist
>>81414298
A LITERAL RAT
>>81433199
>no sources
>no indication of sample size
>only goes up to 110 IQ
>>81433199
>highest IQ point is mostly theists
>atheists peak at just stupid enough to think they're smart
What were you trying to show here?
>>81433349
36 studies, two showed positive correlation between IQ and religiosity.
>>81414298
>grew out of it
never. just knew not to openly admit to it or associate with others who made that their "thing". College was a good eye opener.
I wish I could have gotten a job out of it but whatever.
>>81433534
I see an assertion but no proofs. Even if you are telling the truth I don't trust anything from the (((Social """Sciences"""))).
>>81433711
Ever done a google image search? It's pretty neat.
Social sciences are way more scientific than bible studies.
>>81433869
Neither are scientific but only one claims to be.
>>81422786
The inherent problem in defining something as either "natural" or "supernatural" is that we have not yet grasped the limits of nature. Before Newtonian Law, there was much we did not understand about nature. Before quantum mechanics, there was even MORE we did not understand. As we expand the boundaries of the "natural" world, we erode the boundaries of the "supernatural" world.
Natural simply means that which we understand to be bound by law. But what if we don't have the whole scope of the law? Well, therein lies religion.
>>81433997
Collecting data on IQ and religioisity and then checking the correlation is not science how?
>>81434277
because iq has nothing to do with religion you either belief or you dont
>>81434277
Complete disregard for the scientific method.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-replicated-100-psychology-studies-and-fewer-half-got-same-results-180956426/?no-ist
>>81433711
>not trusting (((Social """Sciences""")))
>trusting the (((Holy Bible)))
cuck
>>81434576
>implying I'm an evangelical
I'm not an atheist but I don't believe in 2000 year old fairy tales. I do believe there's a greater power or a creator; but I don't believe he's some all powerful divine magical being either. Just something that we have yet to understand.
There's too many patterns and things that we observe around us that hint at intelligent design.
Religiousfags will be the first to go on the Day of the Rope.
>>81434561
Sure, I'm not defending it on a whole.
But how this is even a thing that has to be argued about, there's countless studies and then you can just look at countries as a whole. You find more religiosity in mudhut Africa and in the inbred sandnigger inhabited middle east, and then you have some outliers like Poland for example.
>>81435031
atheist will be the first to go on judgement day
>>81434690
>implying you're not a kike loving Christcuck
>>81416269
Come home to the Church
>>81435031
Reformists and Jews will be. Eastern/Greek Orthodox or Roman Catholics will be fine.
>>81435776
>Christcuck
>amoral genocidal socialist
Made my choice
I was born an atheist, and will remain so for the rest of my life. Since I lacked religious parents I never went through indoctrination (admittedly that was the only positive aspect of my upbringing). Apparently when I was 4 years old my Christfag uncle asked me if I understood the true meaning of Christmas, I replied with "Jesus and all the other made-up crap". I don't remember saying it, but I can't help but raise a smile whenever it's brought up at family reunions.
>>81416269
Go home George.
I was a militant atheist type until 16 then I stopped really caring about it, I do think a strong society needs a common, guiding philosophy to draw from which is where religion comes in handy
>tfw can't make myself believe any religion because none of them make sense to me
Is anyone else here not religious or spiritual at all? I don't even want to debate or give religious people a hard time, I just don't subscribe to anything. I think that some people are incapable of making that leap of faith
>>81436537
>I was born an atheist, and will remain so for the rest of my life.
>when I was 4 years old my Christfag uncle asked me if I understood the true meaning of Christmas, I replied with "Jesus and all the other made-up crap".
That's so cringe anon. I'll be damned if I raise such an obnoxious brad
>>81436739
You call me obnoxious; I call your future children unfortunate. It would be unfortunate to be raised in a family which is empathetic to religion, you faggot.
>>81437206
>>81437206
Thought empathy was your thing, secular morality mate?
Guess it's just empty words and you do it only with what you care about
>>81436658
Indeed. Me also. I respect religion though as a unity-building exercise that is generally good for societal cohesion, and for instance think that the precepts, if not beneficial in themselves, do force you to adopt a certain level of self-control if followed, and thus can help you out anyway.
That being said I do somewhat look down on people who as adults believe ardently in what essentially are children's tales.
Born and raised catholic I was first an agnostic at 13 then an atheist when I was 15 yo. But started to doubt my atheism at 21 and now I returned to the Church and I feel great, going to a mass in few hours.
This was one of the first videos that showed me what power we as a christian country have
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hakb6S0IpgY
When I was a kid, I was quite religious, but in the sort of silly dogmatic way children are. Then puberty hit and I became an edgy fedora atheist meme.
I was 27. I started practicing meditation heavily. I reconnected with the world and the universe and I saw how everything and everybody were connected as one. The universe is a breathing, living, conscious organism.
Religion is used as a political tool to get people to behave. Heaven and hell are real, but they're right here on Earth. Be nice and things will be nice. Act like a dick and everything will be shit.
>>81414791
Would read that book. Feel me and you are on the same page on this.
>>81414791
That's still atheism. Or at least agnosticism. By saying all religions are true you're saying none of them are.
>>81437206
Edgy
>>81440581
I know americans are bad at reading but jesus christ.
>tfw not baptized
>tfw not confirmed
>tfw can't receive communion
who else /goingtohell/ here?
What's the alternative? Christianity? Do you want want to be part of such degeneracy?
>>81441169
>degeneracy
Thought morality was subjective
>>81434897
>I do believe there's a greater power or a creator; but I don't believe he's some all powerful divine magical being either.
I believe in magic, but not your magic. Did you fail English by chance? It's ok to be honest here, we're all anonymous after all.
>>81414298
I was never a filthy atheist like most edgy retards.
All that happened was that I developed my own beliefs while disregarding organized religion.
The atheists would probably label me an "agnostic theist", but I think I'm more of a Deist.
I have no problem with most religions themselves though. They are beneficial to civilized society...except Islam. Fuck Islam.
if there's any such thing that could be thought of as a higher power you've gotta have a child-like view of the world to think our existence isn't completely inconsequential to it or that we'll ever matter in the course of whatever it does or doesn't do
if you want to try and appease that knock yourself out but personally i'll beat my rancid schlongus
>>81428179
I think Perennial philosophy or Prisca theologia would be closer concepts, particularly the former.
>>81427331
>Barry (((Goldwater)))
nice try kike
>>81416602
>Religion was useful as a tool to organize society during darker times,
Religion was so powerful, it was able to convince the weak-minded that human sacrifice to please the gods was a good idea.
>>81421038
James Holmes was Christian, attended church regularly
http://www.christianpost.com/news/james-holmes-went-to-church-weeks-before-colo-shooting-78629/
Dylan Roof was Christian, attended church regularly
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/19/dylann-roof-religion-church-lutheran_n_7623990.html
Jared Lee Loughner was Jewish and regularly attended the same synagogue as his victim Gabby Lee Giffords.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/10/us/10religious.html
The world is trapped in a neverending vicious cycle of violence deliberately perpetrated by all the Middle East goatfucker religions
>>81450180
Stalin
>>81452742
>Stalin?
Stalin was the opposite of an atheist.
Joseph Jughashvili was an Eastern Orthodox seminary student for years before he became dictator of the Soviet Union.
The only reason the Soviet state couldn't have an official religion was the constant threat posed by the church to bring back the Czars.
The religionistas make their living peddling in lies and they fabricated a number of false Stalin quotes about religion, so before you start shitposting your stupid FunnyJunk images, look up the quotes first.
>>81454156
Mao
>>81414791
Pretty close to me. Grew out of atheism when i was 16. I'd classify my self as spiritualist or diest now.
I've never felt comfortable in a church. Probably because when i was a kid, i went to a lot of Catholic funerals. I shouldn't, but i do associate church with death. So on the rare occasion i go to over, i fell uncomfortable.
I thank good for creating this wonderful universe in my own way. On occasion I'll dedicate a beer to the universe and what ever God created it
>>81414298
I wasn't a christian to begin with
>I fucking love science
atheist from 11-18
then i met a college atheist and wanted to strangle that penguin looking nerdy fuck every time he opened his mouth
>>81454870
>Mao
He was a Daoist who attended Confucius College in China.
You should maybe look these guise up before you shitpost.
>>81414298
Right after you grew out of re posting everything that came across your kike book.
I don't believe in a god simply because there is no real evidence to support any of them and there are so many that people claim are real. This doesn't mean that I see myself as superior, I do believe in spirituality and the effect it can have on people's lives. Simply the idea of believing is great for you, and if you have to believe in some fake deity in order to have hope, I'm all for it.
>psychology
>>81421606
>Islam worships a man
Lying doesn't help anything. You know damn well that muslims worship Allah and see Muhammad as his prophet.
>>81456600
also check out those double dubs
>>81414298
22.
For a long time I held atheistic views and after my grandmother passed I started going to Church again.
I'm not really sure I consider myself Christian because I've started studying tons of ancient religions, beliefs, customs, etc but I can no longer stand by the banner of atheism and all the nihilistic trash that comes with it.
21-22
Atheists are feminist's pussy dogs, fuck theese faggots.
I'm agnostical with a simpathy to Christianity.
>>81414791
This post summarizes perfectly why religion is for the weak-minded
>>81414298
> headline says "conservatives are suggestible"
> body says "suggestible people are conservatives"
> poster of this basic logical error has "science" in its name
> nobody comments on this
> that flag
Stay /pol/, /pol/.
>>81414298
Grew out of christianity at 12, 8 years later and still an atheist.
"Religion" is an excuse evil people like you nazis find to not commit crimes.
You are vile scum that wants to kill people, but you pretend to be virtuous and religious.
>>81414791
So from your post I assume that you're now 16?
>>81422912
You know the books nazis burned where pornography and explicit communist and jewish books right?
oy vey using logic with a jew
>>81418990
>Kids can't see the evidence of God because of lower IQ's
That's the funniest fucking thing I've seen in awhile.
>>81414298
Never, there's no reason to until there's any shred of evidence that the bible, the quaran, etc.. Are telling the truth
>>81414298
>I fucking love science
In the trash it goes
>>81456737
*Taoist*
>>81457598
>>81456737
Taoists are atheists
>>81414298
I was a christian during most of my childhood, in higschool I became agnostic but lost my faith completely. Now I'm a nihilist only because of logical reasons.
My mum was a half-assed jehovah's witness and my dad is strictly atheist.
Seeing my alchoholic mum use religion when it was convenient really soured my perspective on religion so I agreed with my Dad growing up.
But seeing how atheism has failed to tackle islam in any way in the last decade, I am now siding with christians.
I don't deep down believe in god but I read and respect the bible and like to live as a christian anyway.
I guess in a way I'm half-assing it too but as a bulwark against islam not to feel better after being a drunken whore.
>(((Study)))
>(((Science)))
When I became a vegan
>>81457945
>Taoists are atheists
Did Mao kill anybody because of his Daoist beliefs?
The Israelites killed off half of Canaan Valley because they did not believe in Elohim. ISIS is killing off infidels who don't believe in Allah. Christian killing christians in Ireland because they don't believe in a particular brand of Christianity.
In other words, you religious fucks are bunch of dangerous murderers itching for any excuse to kill and then hide behind your goat-fucker religion for justification.
>>81458312
>>81431891
Adam Lanza was a Christian who attended First Congregational Church in Kingston
Anders Bering Breivik was an Odinist.
If you have to tell lies to make a point, then the only you've made is that you tell lies.
>>81424611
PRAISE KEK. TRUE GOD
Atheism has become a lot like feminism. I am what I call a dictionary atheist. I lack a belief in a higher power. (not believing that something exists is not the same thing as believing something doesn't exist.)
However, the atheist label has become a lot like the feminist label. Sure, the dictionary definitions are reasonable. But the labels have become weighted and I don't identify as either. I just call myself a nonbeliever.
tl;dr Some atheists lack a belief in any god but don't insist that a god definitely doesn't exist. Other atheists lack a belief in any god but do insist that a god definitely doesn't exist. The latter ones ruin it for everyone.
I was always a passive christian. Brought up on it and went to youth groups to hang out with mates, not for the jesus stuff.
I found reddit etc when i was 17 because of the robert bowling AMA. From there, it took about 6 months until i got onto /r/atheism. This was 2010.
It took me until about 6 months ago - i'm 23 now - to move on from miltant athiesm to "it's a necessary glue for communities" and "god said those things because they are moral, they aren't moral because god said them"
I'm now content with my level of theism. Don't believe in a god and creationism, but like the moral compass, sense of community and stories that come along with it.
It also give people something to believe in to fight against kebabs and jews.
ama
>>81414298
>1 post by this ID
>Australia
>>81464660
it's fucking 3:30 am on sunday night. Shut up.
This year.
>>81414298
test
>>81464660
i don't know what you think i implied, but you're wrong
>>81414298
15ish
>>81414298
Never. Because I'm not retarded
>>81414298
shortly after turning 22
same goes for nihilism
>>81465217
>a leaf
>>81414298
>>81415686
>>81418413
nice meme reddit
>>81466136
hey me too bro
must be the older version of finding out santa isn't real.
18 can drive
21 can drive
22 get red pilled
>>81466409
where's the part where you moved out and got a job
>>81466409
when I finish my honors. Soon
Human religion is by definition anthropocentric (with maybe a couple exceptions,) and I don't believe the world is anthropocentric.
For instance, in Christianity, Islam, Judaism you have Humans as being made in God's image. If there is an almighty Creator who shaped the world and forged the universe in the fires of creation do you really think he is an upright monkey like us? That's completely retarded - humans are small, perishable simians, if the highest ruler of this universe has the anatomy and thinking capacity of an ape then we're all fucked
>>81414298
About 24.
I still don't believe but I keep it to myself and I see that religion as utility and is functions as a great social binding tool.
We need to strength Christianity in the West and make it more protectionist and aggressive in order to face the Islamic threat.
We're not going to win the coming war by taking the secular moral high ground and talking about logical fallacies.
It's going to need some serious DEUS VULT
