I base my conclusions on years of investigation. First, I was born into christianity and told the lie from when I was very young. Then my parents didn't force us to go to church every sunder but we went on christmas, easter, baptisms and weddings. Then I got into it after college but then as an adult figured out that all man made religions are bullshit. Came up with completely on my own. Maybe I asked around and got other peoples input first, but eventually I just had a personal relationship with this god. It never dawned on me there was no god. That's pretty stupid despite all I'm going on is what a corrupt church has told us is true for 2000 years. Not only that, shit that couldn't possibly be true. I never really thought about it that much. Then I ran into some atheists who showed me some of the greatest atheist speakers. Oh yea, and before that George Carlin. He is a big reason I'm an atheist. Remember his routine about how religion is the greatest bullshit story ever told? So funny and so true.
Anyways, I almost feel sorry for you guys. I would feel sorry for you but actually I feel sorry for me because I have to live with you fools. There are too many sheep in this world. Anyone who believes in god is a sheep not a shepherd. Actually I take that back because a lot of smart people believe in god.
The validity of a claim, such as the existence of god, is not governed by the intelligence of the minds which hold it. Evidence and reason are the deciding factors.
The fact that an intelligent person holds an irrational belief is simply evidence that our brains are able to compartmentalise world-views and models from one another, usually in order to maintain a state of ignorant bliss and escape the discomfort of cognitive dissonance.
I'm not buying your story. I don't believe you've ever personally known God. I think you are a typical low-life liberal punk who doesn't like religious morality messing up your immoral social life. Because gays can't marry, women can't kill their babies and you can't do drugs, you've decided a war has to be waged on God. You've decided it's a clever strategy to pretend you were this "god-fearing christian" who suddenly saw the light and wised up. It makes rational sense in your mind that if other people buy your bullshit story, maybe they will abandon God.
Aside from your convoluted mindless blather that seems to sometimes incoherently change in mid-sentence, all you've done is post garbage from atheist blogs. The bottom line is, you're not smart enough to know God. You are a somewhat amusing little monkey playing with his feces, but a man of vision, intelligence and clarity, you are not.
Want proof you might have swallowed a lie? Look at the little muslim boys and girls in afganistan right now praying 5 times a day to Allah. If you were born there you'd be praying to Allah too, not Jesus Christ. So it seems you would swallow any lie you are born into. Don't be upset though because you are just one of the typical masses or sheep of the world.
FYI: There are Christians in Afghanistan, believe it or not.
...just one of the typical masses...
Yes, it is typical of humans to believe in something greater than self. We represent the overwhelming majority of humanity. We always have and we always will. You represent a small insignificant sliver of society who will continue to try and subvert morality for your own personal gratification and indulgence. God has assured us your type will always and forever be in our midst, there is nothing we can do to change that. We can only hope that through the grace of God, your soul can be saved. And as impossible as that might seem, it happens all the time.
I disagree you always will.