From what I have read, it seems like many atheists posting here have unresolved childhood trauma and differences of opinion with family.

Instead of working it out in therapy or putting boundaries in place with family, they come here and blame strangers for their family problems and trauma.

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Anonymous wrote:Many of us atheists come from religious backgrounds, and have lots of direct experience with religion.

And as others have mentioned, many of us are directly impacted by religious imposition upon us, in the United States and elsewhere.

How? You don’t have any examples of how religious people and their beliefs directly impact atheists. You just keep repeating they do.

Are you a pro-choice woman in America?

Not the PP but here are a few examp!es:
One nation under god was added to the pledge. I was made to recite that every day in school.
Swearing on the bible for jury duty
In god we trust on currency
Demanding to have bibles and the 10 commandments in schools

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Anonymous wrote:I find this to be a very curious post. I grew up in a nominally Christian home with a family that did not truly understand Christianity. I became an atheist for more than 20 years before converting and becoming an evangelical about two years ago. It was the most unexpected turn of events in my life.

Living in the DC area and working in a very secular workplace, never, not once, in my time as an atheist did I feel out of place with religion. In fact, I assumed that the default was that nobody believed that stuff anymore. Everyone I worked with openly mocked evangelicals.

I have actually found it much harder when I swung back the other way. I realized that I didn’t know a single other person outside of my church who believed what I believed now. Yet I believe it as truth and so I couldn’t just ignore it. It has become core to my identity. I have since formed a lot of networks through social media and other venues and it isn’t as lonely as it once was.

But I say all this because — I don’t know why you would feel like you need to come to this message board (of all message boards!) to find a sense of community as an atheist. There are atheists everywhere, and they far outnumber Christians or people of other faiths who take their faith seriously and openly, at least in the DMV (maybe not in other parts of the country though).

Evangelicalism is one of many forms of Christianity and there is no formal conversion process for it (as there is for Catholicism and Judaism). Evangelicalism is like atheism in that respect, except atheism is not a religion and thus does not require conversion when deciding to no longer believe in God.

Being evangelical is a form of Christianity that, according to my understanding, requires adherents to state their religious beliefs openly and to attempt to convert others, including other non-evangelical Christians. I'd guess that some of stigma you feel comes from other Christians, who seem like atheists to you, but not at all to themselves.

I am the original response here. Just to clarify — yes, identifying as an evangelical is a “type” of Christianity but is not separate from Christianity itself. However, conversions are not limited to Catholics and Jews. Having a conversion experience in this context means that you become a follower of Jesus.

Also, becoming an evangelical does not mean either of the things that you mention. Your comments imply that by doing those things I am saved and that I must do those things in order to be saved. Evangelicals believe precisely the opposite. We are sinners saved solely by grace and Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross. I am not saved by anything I have done but by what He has done for me. And I get His record through my faith in Him, not by my individual performance, achievement, converting people, or how loudly I say that I am an evangelical.

To the extent that I do those things you mention — and to be fair, yes, I have done them — I do them out of the overflow of Christ in my heart. It is similar to why I do kind things for my wife — not because I am trying to “earn” her love but because I love her because I love her. Also, the Bible is very clear that whenever we do these things we must also do them with wisdom, with love, with kindness, with grace, with discernment. Nothing in the Gospel says “act like a jerk” and Jesus’s life and example was very much the opposite.

Sadly, some evangelicals do a terrible job of living out their faith — just like the Pharisees.

I am an atheist but can acknowledge that Christianity is the foundation for western civilization.

The intersection of religion, history, and culture responsible for every modern society.

Religion is an interesting topic, hence why I post here.

They likely post because it is a discussion group about religion, in which anyone can have an opinion. It's not a discussion group for religious people.

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor any other name.

Not all Christians believe this. The above is an extreme form of Christianity.

The true Christians believe this, the ones who read the Bible which is God’s word.

But a time is coming, which even now is occurring, when people (like you) will not endure sound doctrine —Jesus is the only way to heaven, and will heap to themselves pastors and teachers who will tickle their ears and tell them they are “good” because they think they are good for tolerating and approving sin.

God will give these false believers a strong delusion. They will believe a lie that the coming Man of Sin is God, and they will takes his mark in the hand or forehead.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?” —James 4:4

Are you the atheist turned evangelical who posted here earlier?

No. I am a fundamentalist Christian which is somewhat different than evangelical Christian. These evangelical Christians (not all) think America should enforce biblical laws, joining church and state.

I am not one of those. I am simply a sign post pointing the way to the strait gate, the narrow way which is Jesus. The broad way is the way that leads to destruction, with carnival barkers clapping and hooting there are nany paths to God, and if you think you are a good person then you are, no holiness required to enter heaven.

“Follow peace with all men, and HOLINESS, without which no man shall see the Lord. “—Hebrews12:14

Hello liberal Christians:
The person above is Christian too. Think about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor any other name.

Not all Christians believe this. The above is an extreme form of Christianity.

The true Christians believe this, the ones who read the Bible which is God’s word.

But a time is coming, which even now is occurring, when people (like you) will not endure sound doctrine —Jesus is the only way to heaven, and will heap to themselves pastors and teachers who will tickle their ears and tell them they are “good” because they think they are good for tolerating and approving sin.

God will give these false believers a strong delusion. They will believe a lie that the coming Man of Sin is God, and they will takes his mark in the hand or forehead.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?” —James 4:4

Are you the atheist turned evangelical who posted here earlier?

No. I am a fundamentalist Christian which is somewhat different than evangelical Christian. These evangelical Christians (not all) think America should enforce biblical laws, joining church and state.

I am not one of those. I am simply a sign post pointing the way to the strait gate, the narrow way which is Jesus. The broad way is the way that leads to destruction, with carnival barkers clapping and hooting there are nany paths to God, and if you think you are a good person then you are, no holiness required to enter heaven.

“Follow peace with all men, and HOLINESS, without which no man shall see the Lord. “—Hebrews12:14

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor any other name.

Not all Christians believe this. The above is an extreme form of Christianity.

The true Christians believe this, the ones who read the Bible which is God’s word.

But a time is coming, which even now is occurring, when people (like you) will not endure sound doctrine —Jesus is the only way to heaven, and will heap to themselves pastors and teachers who will tickle their ears and tell them they are “good” because they think they are good for tolerating and approving sin.

God will give these false believers a strong delusion. They will believe a lie that the coming Man of Sin is God, and they will takes his mark in the hand or forehead.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?” —James 4:4

Are you the atheist turned evangelical who posted here earlier?

No. I am a fundamentalist Christian which is somewhat different than evangelical Christian. These evangelical Christians (not all) think America should enforce biblical laws, joining church and state.

I am not one of those. I am simply a sign post pointing the way to the strait gate, the narrow way which is Jesus. The broad way is the way that leads to destruction, with carnival barkers clapping and hooting there are nany paths to God, and if you think you are a good person then you are, no holiness required to enter heaven.

“Follow peace with all men, and HOLINESS, without which no man shall see the Lord. “—Hebrews12:14

Anonymous wrote:Many of us atheists come from religious backgrounds, and have lots of direct experience with religion.

And as others have mentioned, many of us are directly impacted by religious imposition upon us, in the United States and elsewhere.

True. Being athiest now does not mean the person was never religious. Dh's cousin(s) grew up in a strict Catholic home. Religion and Catholic practices were at the forefront of most things. One of those cousins is now an athiest.

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor any other name.

Not all Christians believe this. The above is an extreme form of Christianity.

The true Christians believe this, the ones who read the Bible which is God’s word.

But a time is coming, which even now is occurring, when people (like you) will not endure sound doctrine —Jesus is the only way to heaven, and will heap to themselves pastors and teachers who will tickle their ears and tell them they are “good” because they think they are good for tolerating and approving sin.

God will give these false believers a strong delusion. They will believe a lie that the coming Man of Sin is God, and they will takes his mark in the hand or forehead.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?” —James 4:4

Are you the atheist turned evangelical who posted here earlier?

Anonymous wrote:Bored, discontented with life, inappropriately concerned with the lives of other people, angry about life and unable to enjoy anything but arguing, posting here is a distraction.

And what are your reasons for posting here?

Bored, discontented with life, inappropriately concerned with the lives of other people, angry about life and unable to enjoy anything but arguing, posting here is a distraction.

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor any other name.

Not all Christians believe this. The above is an extreme form of Christianity.

The true Christians believe this, the ones who read the Bible which is God’s word.

But a time is coming, which even now is occurring, when people (like you) will not endure sound doctrine —Jesus is the only way to heaven, and will heap to themselves pastors and teachers who will tickle their ears and tell them they are “good” because they think they are good for tolerating and approving sin.

God will give these false believers a strong delusion. They will believe a lie that the coming Man of Sin is God, and they will takes his mark in the hand or forehead.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that friendship of the world is enmity with God?” —James 4:4

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

I’m so happy to be unburdened by your beliefs. I’m sorry you worry about those things. In the end, they are just little stories.

Meanwhile, Liberal Christians will disregard the hateful things that are in the Bible, but they do believe in heaven.

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Anonymous wrote:Because religion infringes on the rights of atheist in the US, and all over the world.

What are the "rights of atheists" and how does posting here help?

What the atheist wants is the right to not be judged for their sins, especially homosexuality and adultery which carried a death sentence in Israel until Rome demolished their temple and thrashed their nation, dispersing its people.

The atheist wants “No God” so as to do what is right in their own eyes, such as changing the grammar to apply pronouns for their sinful and perverse actions.

In the end, the atheist is going to get his wish: no God. The books will be opened, deeds judged, and all those who were not found in the Book of Life will be cast into the Lake of Fire to perish.

You avoid this Lake by believing upon the name of the only begotten son of God: Jesus. There is no other name by which you can be saved, not Moses, Buddha, Allah, or any Hindu deity nor amy other name.

I’m so happy to be unburdened by your beliefs. I’m sorry you worry about those things. In the end, they are just little stories.