Comments on: 5 Things I should have known about faith

By: godlessgirl

godlessgirl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:55:15 +0000

Thanks Mark. Not sure it'll hit that special reddit crowd but it's much appreciated.

By: jesuspoet

jesuspoet — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:24:26 +0000

1. That was on of the things that really stood out for me when I first started to looking in Atheism. The way that Dawkins labeled religion child abuse and really made me think about the fact that we're all born atheists… Very interesting.

2. I know for me that exploration was very strongly discouraged at church. We were taught that there is absolute truth and that relativism leads to immorality. In that respect it was easy to hold onto us. All they had to do was make sure we knew they had that absolute truth ad it was cake.

3. That is the most important thing to me. Discussing faith with a Christian will probably only serve to strengthen his/her faith if he/she isn't ready to open up and actually think. This is why it took me as long as it did to get out of Christianity.

4. Also very important. Once we realize that things aren't controlled by unseen mystical forces we are freed.

5. Terrifying, but true. It's hard not to have the answers anymore, but it's freeing to be outside of the trap of the sin complex.

Thanks for this wonderful post. Great job.

By: Gregory

Gregory — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:06:47 +0000

#5 is the single biggest, mostest important, I think. We are such desperate monkeys, aren't we, for certainty? It's like a drug for humans. Still the wisest thing I ever heard, that one — I first really encountered it in a piece by Sagan. "It's okay not to be sure," he wrote, or something to that effect. So stunningly obvious, and yet it was the Revelation of Revelations to me.

By: MarkPogue

MarkPogue — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:03:26 +0000

I just submitted this article on Redditt.

By: godlessgirl

godlessgirl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:59:03 +0000

That usually gets the thinking ball rolling, doesn't it?

By: godlessgirl

godlessgirl — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:58:05 +0000

This is such great advice to our past selves!

By: MarkPogue

MarkPogue — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:49:36 +0000

I agree with all 5!

Christians always insist that there must have been a creator. I ften ask them "Why must there be a Creator?"

By: trekkerguy

trekkerguy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:42:15 +0000

Question everything. Even the Bible itself says to challenge it's words. Do so, it will certainly help you to see the light. Those feelings of discomfort with it are natural. But why should you be uncomfortable questioning something if it's absoloute truth? It shouldn't be an issue. Just think for yourself.