Comments on: Name Withheld 2 http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41 Losing Faith in Faith Since 1997 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: "Rowena" http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41#comment-6561 "Rowena" Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:10:38 +0000 http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41#comment-6561 I was born into "the church" in 1979. I left when I was 17 after I got my first job (where I made sure that I was scheduled to work every Saturday morning). The way you described how just the thought of religion makes you feel angry and nauseous is exactly how I feel about it--I've never heard anyone else express it that way. Sometimes I feel like I should have more than a shudder and a sudden pang of sick anger to back up my atheism to my also-atheist friends (who did not grow up in the church) because their non-belief always seems purely based in logic and reasoning. Because of my physical and emotional reaction to any thought of god or religion, I am aware deep down that my evolution from agnostic to atheist in recent years must somehow be connected to my upbringing. Thank you for expressing this feeling and helping me to realize that I am not the only one. I was born into “the church” in 1979. I left when I was 17 after I got my first job (where I made sure that I was scheduled to work every Saturday morning). The way you described how just the thought of religion makes you feel angry and nauseous is exactly how I feel about it–I’ve never heard anyone else express it that way. Sometimes I feel like I should have more than a shudder and a sudden pang of sick anger to back up my atheism to my also-atheist friends (who did not grow up in the church) because their non-belief always seems purely based in logic and reasoning. Because of my physical and emotional reaction to any thought of god or religion, I am aware deep down that my evolution from agnostic to atheist in recent years must somehow be connected to my upbringing.
Thank you for expressing this feeling and helping me to realize that I am not the only one.

]]> By: Robert http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41#comment-14 Robert Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:47:58 +0000 http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41#comment-14 DeWitt, I'll go you one better: no book has an exclusive on truth, and most certainly not the Bible-- a collection of superstitions and atrocities that is purely the creation of men. The phrase "non-scriptural" used as an epithet by some Christians against other Christians is laughable, because "scripture" can be used to prove anything you want. WARNING: RUN DON'T WALK away from anyone who tells you that some sky-fairy wrote a particular bunch of words, and to not follow them will lead you to "eternal damnation," "eternal death," "lake of fire," or what-have-you. DeWitt,

I’ll go you one better: no book has an exclusive on truth, and most certainly not the Bible– a collection of superstitions and atrocities that is purely the creation of men. The phrase “non-scriptural” used as an epithet by some Christians against other Christians is laughable, because “scripture” can be used to prove anything you want.

WARNING: RUN DON’T WALK away from anyone who tells you that some sky-fairy wrote a particular bunch of words, and to not follow them will lead you to “eternal damnation,” “eternal death,” “lake of fire,” or what-have-you.

]]> By: DeWitt Bacon http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41#comment-13 DeWitt Bacon Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:26:13 +0000 http://ironwolf.dangerousgames.com/exwcg/archives/41#comment-13 Anyone that believes in all the crap that Gerald is foisting off on his followers, needs to get their heads out of "The Trumpet", "Royal Vision", and an endless parade of non scriptual booklets and stick them back into the Bible. It makes me sad to hear stories like this. It's a shame that so many people have made such miserable lives for themselves by following what they were TOLD was the truth. There is only one truth. That is the plain truth that is taught in the bible.Niether Herbert Armstrong, Gerald Flurry, nor any other self proclaimed "Prophet" or leader has an exclusive on the truth. WARNING: RUN DONT WALK away from anyone who tells you that God is working only through him, and to not follow him will lead you to "eternal damnation." Anyone that believes in all the crap that Gerald is foisting off on his followers, needs to get their heads out of “The Trumpet”, “Royal Vision”, and an endless parade of non scriptual booklets and stick them back into the Bible. It makes me sad to hear stories like this. It’s a shame that so many people have made such miserable lives for themselves by following what they were TOLD was the truth. There is only one truth. That is the plain truth that is taught in the bible.Niether Herbert Armstrong, Gerald Flurry, nor any other self proclaimed “Prophet” or leader has an exclusive on the truth.
WARNING: RUN DONT WALK away from anyone who tells you that God is working only through him, and to not follow him will lead you to “eternal damnation.”

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