When I Got Untethered From The Comfort of Religion ...

[ItsjustMe]

[Chainfire]

1. Some of us just weren't cut out for religion.

I was raised by Christian parents, who had Christian parents, all of the people who surrounded me were Christians, I was Baptized in a Southern protestant religion, I was forced to go to Sunday School every week, but I never really "believed." It just made no sense to me, even as a child. I left religion behind long before high school and have not suffered a bit from the abandonment, and I believe that it has made me a better man. I am not forgiven for my sins against my fellow men, so, in order to live with myself, I have to pay attention to the pain that I may cause others. I have plenty of anxiety, guilt and fear to satisfy my needs without religion.

I have accepted that I just have one go-round, that that death is the natural order of things. I don't fear death so I do not need the promise of "everlasting life." I do not desire immortality, even in paradise.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Trump does not need Christ's forgiveness and ridicules Holy Communion.

The republicans' new savior/messiah Trump does not need Christ's forgiveness and ridicules Holy Communion.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=trump+does+not+need+christ

[Mr.Bill]

3. Great.

Now I have something in common with Trump.

[old as dirt]

4. Let's bash agnostics.

Agnostics are just a bunch of sniveling cowards.

First they came for the Christians, and I was not Christian, so I did not speak out.
Then they came for the agnostics, but I was not an agnostic, so I did not speak out.
When they came for the atheists, there was nobody left to speak out.