It seems as though the consensus is that we're all inbred subhumans with a natural disposition to exploding our bodies. Now to the best of my knowledge, I am not inbred; my lineage (probably) contains incest levels within the range of what's considered normal. Also, no webbed fingers or flippers.
I can't attest to my humanity (or lack thereof). If you can give me the criteria of humanhood, I'll get back to you on whether or not I apply.
In my 19 years of life, I've never had the impulse to explode myself. I've never felt strongly enough about any cause to be interested in harming strangers, though this could just be a delay by my mudslime genetic programming; I've always been a late bloomer, or, in this case, bomber.
I lost my faith during high school. It was and it wasn't abrupt. It was the culmination of a years worth of "spiritual" meandering, my not actually knowing the destination, but when the moment came, it hit me like a freight train.
Those of you who've had your major conceptions of reality shaken and then collapsed have probably experienced something similar. Throbbing headaches and becoming suspect of ALL of your previously ingrained beliefs. Distrusting your parents and withdrawing from others. You begin the process of reversing indoctrination.
And after this "journey" (it wasn't really profound), I can honestly say that I despise the religion and its dogmatic adherents. I hate how intrusive and presumptive fundamentalists are. I hate how they force you to adhere to whatever it is they dictate under the pain of death or disfigurement.
The types who completely segregate society by gender, rape pre-pubescent boys or adolescent males as a consequence of vegine being in short supply, and then still having the gall to act as though they have the moral high ground. Or those that will rape girls as young as six for being in public without a guardian.
And I especially resent those that flee those oppressive shitholes before attempting to impose religious fiats on others without pausing to ponder what it was that made their places of origin shitholes in the first place.
I'll admit I wasn't fond of either candidate in the fall election, but barring extreme circumstance I'll be voting for Donny in 2020.
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[–] IngridAtSamosa [S] 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago (edited ago)
I was militant in my atheism at the beginning. Challenging people to arguments and being an irritating nuisance. I've outgrown that, and have adopted a live-and-let-live stance as long as people don't forcefully intrude upon the lives of others. I more-or-less conform to classical liberal notions of where your rights end and others' begin. I have, in my wanderings, discovered other secret apostates (haven't revealed my leaving to parents or people within a view degrees of separation from them). We tend to encapsulate the meaning of living a double life.
Edit: I'd more accurately be described as an agnostic with Christian sympathies. Reverse-proselytizing is just as irritating to people as the opposite, so I generally refrain from doing that.