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[–] Blacque 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Ex-Atheist; other atheists can be as preachy as religious people. There are atheists who I know will not shut up about the wrongdoings of any individual who does something in the name of religion and generalizes it to the whole of that religion. You're not going to convert a person to atheism by repeatedly bashing other people's religions, it just makes you look like an asshole. This is only a minor reason for my leaving of atheism.

I identify as agnostic nowadays. I don't think its reasonable to outright exclude the possibility of god(s) or deities. Nor do I believe its reasonable to participate in any modern religion, because through the study of human culture alone you would know that our species has participated in a great many worship cultures. Our current religions survive mostly due to its inherent political influence and ability to provide idle mental thought with issues such as how to better please your deity.

Even if I do not believe that any one religion is correct, I still cannot say that I can discount that proof that there is any one God. For all we know, there many be a greater creator roaming the universe setting events in place to cause the eruption and evolution of life. This being or beings may not be omnipotent, omnipresenct, or all-good, but maybe they do have some greater power? Maybe they do not even consider themselves to be gods, but just intelligent creative people. Who knows? I don't think its an issue to dwell on and we'll probably die without ever knowing and never find out in the non-existing afterlife.