mymistake

Male

family, support, humanism, meditation, peace of mind, moving on as forgiveness, deprograming, laughing at the Bible, Game of Thrones

I grew up Christian. I was a fundamentalist Bible thumper for over thirty years. At the peak of my narrow mindedness I was on par with Pat Robertson, who I once admired. In the last few years I mellowed. I became a liberal Christian. I realized the Bible was just a man made mess. And finally I gave up Christianity because I realized it's harmful and leads to bad behavior - some of which I participated in.

Some people say that atheists do not have enough evidence to conclude that there are no gods. Interesting. I wish I could ask these people if they are unwilling to declare comic book characters to be fictional. What if there really is a Superman who lives in secret? What if there really is a Wonder Woman and we just don't know about her because she is in her invisible plane? I'm willing to take the plunge and say that we know beyond a reasonable doubt that comic book characters are fiction. We have far more evidence that God is fiction.

Joseph Campbell:
"What gods are there, what gods have there ever been, that were not from man's imagination?"

Appalling Bible Verse Quick List:

Genesis 19: 1-8
Deuteronomy 21: 1-22
Deuteronomy 22: 13-29
Deuteronomy 23: 1-2
Deuteronomy 25: 1-3
Deuteronomy 25: 11-12
Exodus 22:18
Leviticus 1: 1-7
Leviticus 11
Leviticus 19: 19-27
Leviticus 21:9
Leviticus 22:24
Judges 15:3-20
1 Kings 14: 10-11
2 Kings 2: 23-24
Ezekiel 9: 5-7
Joshua 10: 11-14
Proverbs 27: 15-16
1 Corinthians 14: 34-38
Ephesians 6:5
1 Timothy 2: 8-15
1 Timothy 6: 1-2
Titus 2:9
1 Peter 2:18

List prepared by Redator surfingatwork

And here are hundreds of arguments that God exists.
http://www.godlessgeeks.com/LINKS/GodProof.htm
Are any of them compelling? Hmmm . . . don't think so.

Other sources Christianity borrowed from:
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-christ-like-figures-who-pre-date-jesus/

My ex-C testimony: http://www.ex-christian.net/topic/48884-mybigmistake#.VZMaFGDT55g

"I enjoy mythology but I'm not religious about it"