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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Funny enough, I had spent years studying theology and decided to delve deeper into more general and traditional philosophies in order to place my beliefs more firmly in the context of a wider scaffolding. My intention was to strengthen my faith. Eventually I had an aha moment in relation to faith and why so many religions prioritize it over knowledge. It was unexpected, and kind of rocked my world. I didn’t go looking for it, but there it was. I called myself agnostic for a while but eventually stopped kidding myself and acknowledged that I was an atheist.[/quote]

Wait, tell us what your revelation was![/quote]

It’s obviously more complex than this, but for me it boiled down to faith is frequently used as a gaslighting or coercion tool. The importance of faith can’t be overstated in many religions, and why is that? It’s a patch that covers the weakest parts of religious doctrine, so the leaders and architects of that doctrine convince people that very bad things will happen to them if they mess with it. Why would a benevolent god give us brains that allow us to reason away points of faith, yet condemn us to hell if we do that?

So there’s that, plus the realization that most of the authors of the narratives that made it into the Bible and other religious texts had agendas. Dig into their angles and what they were trying to achieve, and it can be difficult to view them as divinely inspired.[/quote]

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