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Post by captainbryce on Dec 31, 2017 7:44:13 GMT
The answer to both questions is surprisingly no. I actually found it quite liberating and a relief because it freed me up to focus on what was actually important...prosperity and happiness through scientific understanding and logical reasoning. As far as doubts go, I suppose I’ve always had them. But cognitive dissonance compelled me to surpress them to facilitate what I wanted to believe (rather than what actually made sense). The trigger was essentially a sleepless night followed by an epiphany. No dramatic life changes! Suffice it to say, I woke up one night and realized that god (specifically the Christian God as described by the Bible and taught by traditional Christianity) doesn’t exist because it CAN’T exist within the framework of its own logic. That god (and all attributes associated with the belief) is self contradictory, and as a concept can only exist as a paradox. Interesting, because my journey from Christian to atheist took years of doubt, brief explorations of other religions and finally one pivotal experience that was the final nail in the coffin. Even then I still identified as an agnostic atheist, as agnosticism states that it is not possible to know, based on available evidence, if there a a god, and if there is, the nature of that god. At what age did this epiphany happen? How many years were you a Christian when this happened? Age 38 when I rejected Christianity. About 20 years (as a practicing Christian)
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