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I am a free thinker, atheist, and have been one for over a year.. It took me 20 years to lose the superstition and bullsh*t, to put it politely, but I did, and it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made, EVER!
A little more about my deconversion.. I grew up the typical black male in poverty with a troubled story, which isn't anything to brag about.. I have been through a lot, as well as my family, which cemented there beliefs in God.. We would go without food for a while, seen people murdered, came close to dying a few times, hanging with thugs, I've been molested, physically and verbally abused, use to get in trouble, getting arrested etc etc etc.. For a while I really thought that "God's grace" had spared me and that I owed him. I was indoctrinated at an early age (6 years old) and I was all for God and thought every non-Christian was evil, especially those damned atheist. My family didn't help my cause neither, for every single member of my family is extremely religious, and my mom had us going to church 2-3x per week since I was knee high..I was involved in the church choir, church dance team, as well as the church step team.. My mother had me in there like swim wear and did, and did everything in her power to ensure that I would be a follower of God my entire life, and to be honest, I thought I would be a strong adherence to God and his words.. Well me thinking I was God's second begotten son, and my mom's deep religious beliefs, I thought I would die before ever even thinking about the possibility that God doesn't exist.. It never even crossed my mind, until....
One day at my school, there was this dude spewing the word of God, which he would do once a week, and out of nowhere I started to doubt the existence of God.. Using my "god" given brain, I started asking questions, and plenty of them, none which were to be answered.. Then I started reading more, thinking more, using rationale and logic, planting more seeds of doubt and about a month later I came to the conclusion "Maybe God just doesn't exist" and from there on out, I was an entirely different person
More about me.. I love reading, writing poetry, rapping (I have an atheist rap on youtube entitled "God Bless Atheism" http://www.youtube.com/user/C00lblkatheist, you can check it out here.. I also love playing basketball, as well as watching (GO LAKERS, on there way to there 15th Championship, don't hate :)...) I also love baseball (Dodgers) and having fun.. I go clubbing here and there, hang with friends, go to the movies, chill at the beach, joke around etc.. I consider myself a cool, laid back individual
School/College/University
Tuskegee University
Profession
Pwning Christians.. On offtime I am a full time student and work
Age Group
18-21
City and State (For Member Searching)
Palmdale California, Tuskegee Alabama
Country (For Member Searching)
United States
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