The History of Religion
4 comments May 20, 2007
Does atheism have a monopoly on intelligence or rationality?
It seems as if a line in my post “I am a better Christian now that I’m an atheist,” was a bit misunderstood. I said: “I’m an atheist because I am a somewhat intelligent, rational being…” which gave some the impression that I believe those who follow religious myths are not intelligent or rational.
I am still the same “somewhat intelligent, rational being” I was in my many years of following, teaching, and defending the Christian faith. In fact, during those years, I believed my faith to be more rational than emotional. From my perspective at that point, the central message of Christianity was a very rational world view.
My deconversion from Christianity began when I realized the Bible did not support the “rational” Christian message I believed. The God described in the Bible was not a loving, forgiving, merciful, kind, caring Father in heaven who had “plans to prosper [me] and not to harm [me], plans to give [me] hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11) Also, when I realized that the Gospels showed Jesus as being very inconsistent in his central message of compassion, loving your neighbor and doing unto others as you would want them to do unto you, I became very disillusioned…
Continue Reading 7 comments May 13, 2007
Announcing AtheismCentral.com
I recently created a Tumblelog after being inspired by Nullifidian’s Blogroll.
The address is:
www.atheismcentral.com
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I use this along with Planet Atheism for my daily blog readings.
If you would like your blog included in Atheism Central, please let me know in the comments section below.
Enjoy!
- Agnostic Atheist
4 comments May 12, 2007
