Quote from: tvbcof on January 07, 2019, 01:16:55 AM

Quote from: michaelkelly8798 on January 06, 2019, 11:41:40 PM

Quote from: tvbcof on January 06, 2019, 11:04:44 PM

I'm an atheist and many of my friends and family are also. I can assure you that very very few of them are 'free thinkers', though it is not uncommon for them to believe they are, and sometimes by virtue of their atheism itself.
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Hi tvbcof, I'm honored to read a comment like yours, you are someone who is very honest, and able to admit reality even when it is not playing on his side. I respect you are an atheist even though I don't approve it. I was born with a different religion, but I was bold enough to recognize what I believed was wrong. But man, I'm curious, how did you become an atheist? Were you born an atheist or did you come to the conclusion yourself there was no God? Because I can tell you I have 100% certainty there is a God. I'm not telling this just out of faith don't get me wrong. We can have a friendly discussion you can pm me if you like.

I don't mind doing up publicly if anyone cares.

I'm probably an atheist for several main reasons. 1) brain wiring, and 2) I was from an 'atheist family' so to speak.

What I've come to believe rather recently is that even if someone is an atheist they still grew up an environment shaped by the prominent religion there-of, and usually it had a significant influence on them. Shrieks to the contrary, the U.S. actually is, or at least until recently was, a 'Christian Nation' for all intents and purposes, and my own ethics were to a noticeable degree shaped by this fact. That suites me fine because as I study things I come to the conclusion that many of the messages ascribed to the teachings of Jesus Christ were among the most noble devised by mankind anywhere. It's fun to troll the modern American peeps with such a message since it really gets under some of their skin, but it also happens to be the truth...as I currently see it. And as I always say, it's almost impossible to do a good troll without saying the truth since that is what makes it good. And effective.

I would also say that some people call themselves 'atheist' because they don't fit into one of the 'big [int]' religions. When they say 'but I am spiritual', they are not 'atheist' in my opinion. Not even 'agnostic'. In the West at least they are usually kabbalahists/luciferians more closely related to modern Judaism than anything else, but usually the don't know it. That's what all this new-age weirdness is all about as I see it. Molding the masses in anticipation of a hoped-for 'turning.' And doing a bang-up job of it to my consternation.

You seem like a person who's read a lot, what you say makes a lot of sense. The teachings of Jesus definitely were definitely very noble, the prophets of the Jews prophesized and described Jesus death and life but most of Jews don't know that. Read Psalm 22 as an example and you will see how mind blowing it is. Today's Jews believe the book of Psalms is real yet don't believe in Jesus. Please read it yourself and tell me if you think that can be faked. Jesus is more than just the representation of righteousness and a good ideology, He really was the son of God. Read Isaias 53. This will blow your mind.