User:THE KING
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The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more frightening is a citizenry that can accept the surrender of its freedoms as the price of "freedom". – Joseph Sobran |
Hi all. I'm a recent (since October 07) ex-christian from Australia. I have been a christian all my life, but thankfully also a rational person, and over the last couple of months my desire to reconcile these two conflicting belief systems resulted in an investigation into the arguments from both christians and atheists. Of course, by the time I decided to give the issue rational consideration, I was already a lost cause for the christians.
I'm proud to say that I'm a much more fulfilled atheist than I ever was a christian, and I'm always encouraging those christians with the ability to think to dare to question.
Two of the my most profound revelations since turning away from God are that 1. I am responsible for my actions and no-one else, and 2. It is very important what I do in this life, because it's not a rehearsal, contrary to popular opinion.
Another thing I've realised is just how lucky I am to be alive. Out of the around 500 million sperm that could have fertilised the egg, I am the one that is now alive, and to waste a life worshiping a fictional entity rather than advancing the human cause would be a disservice to every other human in the past who strove to make our life more fulfilling, and all future generations. We may be the universe's only chance of understanding itself. Lets not waste it.
Some articles i've written: