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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That is why all these debates lead nowhere.  [b]Atheists never experienced faith, they don't know what they are talking about.[/b]  They try to reason their way into convincing religious people that God doesn't exist.  But faith is never logical or mathematical.  It's like love.  Do you have to reason you way into loving your kids? I hope not.
 It is completely irrational and yet it is the most beautiful thing I have known. Once you truly experience it, you never want to go back, because life is so empty without God in it. [/quote]

The above is your opinion.  I experienced faith and now I'm an atheist.  Many atheists are like me, in that they were once religious.

I'm very happy.  I enjoyed life when I was a believer and I enjoy it a bit more now, knowing that it's the only life I will have.[/quote]

Curious what made you stop believing. [/quote]

Watching the most religious people in my life get the worst treatment and outcomes in every circumstance sealed it for me. I'm adjacent to a west african community-- they are devout, god-loving, church-going, tithing folks. They live their whole lives with their god constantly on their mind. And they are poor and marginalized and often persecuted, despite being the hardest-working people I've ever met. And then there's the anti-christ folks, who gleefully cause harm to everyone they encounter, and amass inconceivable wealth and influence, that they then use to ... cause more harm.

To say "oh everyone gets theirs in the afterlife" seems like a scam. A way to keep the poor from rising up. And that's exactly how religion has been used historically. Don't make trouble on earth, and you'll be rewarded in heaven. How convenient, I guess? [/quote]

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