Personally, I’m a naturalist, but my process of getting here involved coming to terms with insignificance of a magnitude that was overwhelming. But the process gave me an awareness of some of the difficulties others might have confronting the stark truth of the matter, so Camus’ notion of philosophical suicide can be very attractive.
That said, it’s better for someone to own their faith, and to go into it willingly and informed, rather than it serving as a device by which ministries and apologists use it to turn them into a cash cow or instant soldier. But the foundational doctrine of Protestantism was intended to steer the faithful back to defining truth for themselves (since the Church was glad to squeeze them for toil and coin and send them on crusades. The individual can’t blame God or scripture or even their own ministry for justifying hate through faith.
The devil didn’t make you do it: It’s still on you.
Uriel the atheist!
Personally, I’m a naturalist, but my process of getting here involved coming to terms with insignificance of a magnitude that was overwhelming. But the process gave me an awareness of some of the difficulties others might have confronting the stark truth of the matter, so Camus’ notion of philosophical suicide can be very attractive.
That said, it’s better for someone to own their faith, and to go into it willingly and informed, rather than it serving as a device by which ministries and apologists use it to turn them into a cash cow or instant soldier. But the foundational doctrine of Protestantism was intended to steer the faithful back to defining truth for themselves (since the Church was glad to squeeze them for toil and coin and send them on crusades. The individual can’t blame God or scripture or even their own ministry for justifying hate through faith.
The devil didn’t make you do it: It’s still on you.
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