JosiahTheAxeman

Like many people above, I definitely became more socially liberal through the process of deconversion.

Welcome to the club! Glad to hear of another person "saved" from the clutches of religion and superstition! I was raised in a very similar environment to yours, homeschooled, sheltered, very little exposure to "the world," etc. It took joining the military and being away from my family and Xtian community to start thinking for myself and questioning and doubting and ultimately not believing. As you said, you really feel a sense of purpose and meaning and freedom once you realize there is no sky daddy with a preprogrammed "plan for your life." You can embrace your humanity and other people and

I played all the instruments and did vocals. I recorded it over a 4 day span at a local studio, using a vintage 70's mixing board and running it into Pro Tools. Thanks for listening and for the positive feedback!

You can stream/download/buy my album here: www.leperton.bandcamp.com It's sort of a mix of heavy and soft, from black metal to post-rock. Check it out and let me know what you think. Thanks!

Too funny!

My brother and some friends know. I haven't talked to my parents about it but I rarely see them since we live on opposite sides of the country. We'll see if it pops up in conversation when I go home for the holidays...

Hi Dan! Welcome! I agree this is a great place to share and learn more about the truth of reality and the falsehood of religion. Christianity wasted almost 20 years of my life! Thankfully I'm young (21) and have figured out pretty quickly how faith is detrimental to one's reasoning.

^ Yeah, what he said. Even if you're "right" with the Christian God, now you gotta fear all the other religions' Gods and their hells for not worshipping them! Better start reading up on every single religion invented! Or you could just forget them all and live your life without giving heed to the threat of hell fire and eternal damnation. That's the best way! :-)

I just started a vegan diet last week! Trying to see how this works out for me.

Just continue to educate yourself and the guilt complexes and fear will go away. It took me a few years for a full deconversion from radical Xtian to atheist. It doesn't happen overnight. Your mind has to adapt to these new ideas and develop new thinking patterns. Allow the pursuit of truth to overcome fear!

I'm sure Xtians would find some way to justify it (which is quite frightening imo). I remember as a kid asking my mom why God commanded the Israelites to kill even the infant children of their enemies and my mom said "so that they wouldn't become bitter and hateful and try to get revenge when they're older." Makes a lot of sense now! I always find it funny now when people use the argument of morality to prove the existence of God. Stuff like "where does morality come from if there is no God? Everyone would have their own version of right and wrong." Well, hello buddy, in case you haven't noti

I was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and I was discussing my change to a vegan diet and the fitness regime I have recently begun. She supported my choice of eating a healthy diet but said something along the lines of "I just don't want you to think it is wrong to eat animals. God created us above them and supports our consumption of their meat." Yeah, 'cause God has the highest standards of morality, huh? Since deconverting I have been rethinking many of the beliefs I previously accepted simply due to their widespread popularity. I'm sure that's why slavery and so many other ho

I hate that shit! My mom believes hell is literally inside the earth, below its crust. Even when I was a Xtian I couldn't believe that nonsense. And my mom is one of the smartest people I know so I don't know how she hasn't realized the fallacy of religion and become an atheist. Religion still relies primarily on fear and superstition to prod the sheep in the direction it wants.

So how about this freedom in our theocracy, ahem, democracy we have here in 'Murica, boys?

- I was raised in a non-denominational church although it would be something like Pentecostal. My dad was a pastor pretty much my whole childhood until the age of 16. - I was brainwashed into it from infancy. All my parents' friends were Christians from church so all my friends were their kids from church. Everything Christian. It took joining the Marines at the age of 17 and leaving home to adapt a neutral viewpoint from which I could rationally dissect my ingrained beliefs. - I don't know if I was "Christlike" or not. I was raised with the Bible as the ultimate moral foundation. - I ha