[Old School Hound]

MY favorite thread of all-time !!!   Seriously, though,  conservative pals,  as a liberal you probably know I am totally supportive of you believing any kind of nonsense you want to believe. That's one of the many great things about us liberals. Do and believe what makes you feel good. Knock yourself out.   Believe that there was widespread election rigging, believe that Trump followers had nothing to do with Jan. 6, pray your little hearts out to your imaginary friend in the sky, believe that there's a fiery furnace awaiting me when I die.  I will stand right there with you in support of your right to believe all of that craziness.  Where I become militant in my anti-theism is when you try to push those crazy beliefs on to the rest of us and try to make it law. Ain't happening, buddies!!!

What does my heart good more than almost anything in this world is when I see or hear of a former theist, particularly an evangelical, that finds their way out of the darkness of religious bondage and into the light of reason and science. For those who are struggling to break free from whatever religion has you in bondage, i want you to know that there are resources out there to help you in your deconversion. Recovering from Religion is one organization that have helped thousands in their recovery.  Also,  FFRF does a lot of good work.   I really do care about people. If you are comforted believing in an afterlife, then I say good for you. For some of us, believing in something without a scintilla of evidence for that something simply isn't enough. Sagan said,  I don't want to believe; I want to KNOW."  If your religion is causing you or your family consternation, just  know that there is help available. You may be shunned by the religious as you pull away but there are caring non-theists out there who will help. This is personal to me because I had a friend who was a JW, and she was shunned by family and those in the congregation when she tried to free herself from the organization.   Again, Recovering from Religion is a great resource.


Dan Barker was a former evangelical preacher and is an inspiration to thousands who have found freedom without  religion:

“Scientists do not join hands every Sunday and sing "Yes gravity is real! I know gravity is real! I will have faith! I believe in my heart that what goes up, up, up must come down, down, down. Amen!" If they did, we would think they were pretty insecure about the concept.”

― Dan Barker, Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America's Leading Atheists