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Permalink Reply by Shawn Anonymous on July 28, 2010 at 1:17pm

I don't see the link on the original post, so I will paste again below. Thanks.

http://blackskeptics.blogspot.com/2010/07/what-if.html

Permalink Reply by Shawn Anonymous on July 29, 2010 at 10:58am

Thanks a lot Bill. I appreciate you taking the time to read it.

Permalink Reply by Big A on August 3, 2010 at 9:35pm

Well written as Bill said. The article captured a lot of what I feel now and how I first felt when I deconverted.

Permalink Reply by Shawn Anonymous on August 4, 2010 at 5:53pm

Thanks for taking the time to read the article Big A. A lot of atheists of every stripe share these feelings with us when they deconvert. Enjoy breathing the fresh air.

Permalink Reply by Jo Jerome on August 22, 2010 at 11:49am

I'm a bit behind on my A/N reading, but ... damn! Good article!

When people are oppressed there is a hunger for hope that can never fully be satisfied so long as the unjust conditions persist. The desire for justice is transferred to hope for happiness in a time yet to come.

Sums up one of the most common needs for religion very well. And why, even though one of the 'good' intents of religion is to comfort the needy, it is also one of the most predatory elements.

I've also always thought of such fervent Christianity in the black community as a sort of stockholm syndrome. "Rebelling" by turning instead to Islam is far less a journey away from Christianity and more like scooting over to the other side of the pew.

And don't even get me started on fervently Christian Native Americans.

Anyway, good writing. Am bookmarking the site!

Permalink Reply by Shawn Anonymous on August 29, 2010 at 12:39am

Thanks a lot Jo. I agree with you- in the hands of a savvy person, religion is certainly predatory.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on September 6, 2010 at 10:47pm

Catching up. Thanks Shawn for posting, it's great to have the input here!

You will have realized that love, courage, empathy and kindness are all human inventions-not the altruistic inventions of a cosmic overlord.

Amen!

Permalink Reply by Shawn Anonymous on January 20, 2011 at 12:59am

Biped,

 

Thanks for reading.  I am sorry for the long delay in responding to you, but I have been gone from AN for quite a while.

Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on January 20, 2011 at 11:45am

Shawn,
I hope you'll find more here that is worth your while, and comment. Of course, we all have lives outside Atheist Nexus. Thanks for posting.

Permalink Reply by Ron Dicks on September 17, 2010 at 8:34pm

..nice article, I've been an atheist for a long time...never was really sold on the heaven and hell thing...but then I'm from new york...than the bombing in birmingham and all the mendacity/hypocrisy....finally I visited egypt myself in the late 70's with a group led by then n.y.prof. dr. ben...the bible really is a book of nonsense...

Permalink Reply by Shawn Anonymous on January 20, 2011 at 12:57am

Thanks for reading Ron.

Permalink Reply by L.Hunter on December 14, 2010 at 6:26am

Powerful!!!!

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