a happy atheist

By TheAtheistCrusader ~

It is absolutely refreshing to see a site for people like me, who have
left Christianity, and the Roman Catholic Church no less. For 10 years
of my life, I blindly followed the Bible, never reading it in it's
entirety (only some Bible Study-style, alibical versions). Then one
night, when I had an identity crisis, I finally realized: "God and
Devil are just epitomizations. Neither exist". Then came the reading
the real Bible time. And boy was I horrified. Once I got to
Deuteronomy, I just dropped it, and said "This is a nice God. If
another nicer God exists, I'll go to him".

1. Believers 2. Religion 3. Atheists 4. Science
1. Believers 2. Religion 3. Atheists 4. Science (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
After this series of events, I was in an identity crisis. I was a
Deist, or as Frederich Nietzche would say "Tied on a rope between two
spans". I examined all sorts of religions, to see one with a nicer
God. Then one day, I went on the Atheist Republic page on Facebook
(great community page, I suggest you see it) and read quotes from
famous atheists. I then realized "The best God is no God". I then
decided to read some Hitchens and some Harris. This finished it. After
I saw the clever arguments portrayed by the "Unholy Trinity", my
de-conversion was complete.

My life was very hard during the time of my Christian faith. Instead
of doing something about it, I just prayed to God, hoping it would get
better. But finally, when I became an atheist, I fully understood what
I faced, and actually did something about it and my life changed
dramatically for the better! Thus, atheism really did save me.

Ironically as a Catholic, I never ever doubted evolution, thinking God
controlled it. Yet, I finally realized that the Catholics are the Mitt
Romney of religion "I'm for science. I'm against it. I'm for it. I'm
against it".

I am much happier as an atheist then as a christian. I also realized,
in my long, tedious debates with zealots, that "Leave the ignorant
alone". I know devote myself to science instead of serving the mass.
At last, I found my vocation.

With much hope that Evangelicals will one day shut up,

TheAtheistCrusader