My Deconversion

This is the story of how and why I left Christianity.

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[Xgya2000]

Thanks for the new vid.

I WILL, however, remind you that we're left with a trailer for a video that still isn't there (and I've been itching to watch)

Still, very enlightening. I was actually a helping hand at a local church for a while.

[MsScienceFTW]

@Xgya2000 Oh it's coming! I hope to have it up very soon.

[Artifactorfiction]

Best Video I've seen on Youtube in soooo long.

[MsScienceFTW]

@Artifactorfiction Aw shucks ;-p

[TheLivingDinosaur]

Nicely done. This is why I've given up debating YECs. It's quite clear that the vocal ones here are unwilling to look at the evidence. Because, once someone does so with an open mind like you did, there really can only be one conclusion. If they're still arguing, then they haven't looked at it and won't look at it, so there's no point in debating it. I've settled for ridicule instead. Also, if real evidence for some religion did materialize some day, it wouldn't be called a faith any more. ;-)

[MsScienceFTW]

@TheLivingDinosaur Thank you. "Also, if real evidence for some religion did materialize some day, it wouldn't be called a faith any more." Excellent point. That's something I clearly overlooked when writing this.

[Xalloran]

On thing you said really struck me, and I remember it from my own deconversion: At some point, I said to myself "I care more about the truth than I do about Christianity or even God." It was that separation of my identity from my religion, the recognition that maybe truth lay elsewhere, that allowed me to evaluate it objectively and eventually discharge it entirely.

[foxlake02]

In large part, you told my story of deconversion too. I went through it in my twenties and I'm in my fifties now. I find it almost disturbing to talk to people about what the real evidence is concerning topics like evolution and get anger as a response. Of all the emotions, anger? I'll print some evidence from a credible source and some people refuse to even read it calling it left wing propaganda. I think indoctrination to that degree is a mental illness.

[gravekeepersven]

amazing.

[TheKilgoretrout]

A very interesting book on the origin of the monotheistic god is The Evolution of God. It traces the development of god from animism to monotheism. It is available through Amazon

[WendingWayfarer]

Thanks for sharing.

[VeritasLiber]

Sounds like your honest sincerity is what lead you to your Atheism.

[pilgrimpater]

1:33 Well said. Literal Genesis quite simply does not stand up to simple investigation (by the layman). It is literally 100% indefensible.

Anyhow i bet accepting evolution was a load off your mind as all those internal conflicts with reality would no longer trouble your thinking.