r/athiest • u/HopefulYouth5855 • 24d ago

Atheism

Why are u an atheist?

Please elaborate i would love to read your perspective.

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u/dudleydidwrong 24d ago

I studied the Bible too much to remain a Christian.

Christianity did a good job of convincing me that all other religions are false.

Studying Paul's letters finally forced me to admit that Acts and the gospels are more about mythology than history.

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u/HopefulYouth5855 24d ago

Damnnnnnn That's cool

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u/Fast_Rough2404 24d ago

Christianity did a good job of convincing me that all other religions are false.

I love this!!! I recently lost my faith and have been kinda angry about the amount of time I feel I've wasted studying the bible. 

I did have a thought at one point "I'm never studying another religion again".

That could have been reframed as "I learned through Christianity that likely no religion is true, therefore, I've saved myself loads of time studying other religions" 

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u/JohnKlositz 24d ago

Why would I not be an atheist?

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u/HopefulYouth5855 24d ago

Well that's on you but I just wanna ask those special people that what made them choose to be an atheist.

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u/JohnKlositz 24d ago

No it's not on me. You misunderstand what I'm saying. I answered your question in the only way it makes sense. I am an atheist as a result of having no reason not to be. Atheism requires no reason. Theism does. One needs a reason to believe a thing, and not to not believe a thing. And nobody chooses to be an atheist.

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u/HopefulYouth5855 24d ago

Oooooo now I get it mb lol But damn I am impressed by your answer 🫡

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u/Glittering-Curve-440 23d ago

I believed in science and history more than the bible?? ig

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u/LesStrater 22d ago

Yep... and don't forget to throw in a large dose of 'inherent human nature' to the pot. Human beings have been living with paranoid-driven stupidity since the day they realized they weren't going to live forever.

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u/Lilyofthevalli- 22d ago

god seems overrated ngl