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Atheist Max
I'm a former Christian who became Atheist in middle age. My blog is a journal of how I lost religion and discovered a better life. For Peace, Civility and the Separation of Church and State
Tag Archives: Losing Religion
15 Good Reasons to Skip Church
There probably is no real God. Churches spread bad ideas. Vicarious redemption is the idea that another person was tortured, mutilated and died for your personal benefit. This is not an ethical concept. If a real god exists, it probably isn’t at your church. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, Losing Religion, Why church is useless
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My God Died at Sandy Hook
My God vanished two years ago today at the Sandy Hook massacre. He never returned. Years ago, I visited hundreds of elementary schools when I was a traveling artist in the 1990’s. I taught, read books, drew pictures, sang songs for thousands of children and it … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, Atheism, god, godless, Hell, love, Nonbelief, Positive Atheism, religion, unbelief
Tagged Atheism, God is Dead, godless, Losing Religion, Sandy Hook Elementary
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Dangerous thought #7, “Love Does Not Require a God”
IS LOVE POSSIBLE WITHOUT GOD? ABSOLUTELY. I did not choose to become an Atheist. It just happened. But in that Godless void, I felt a powerful need to rebuild my beliefs from the ground up. Rather than fashion a new religion to replace … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, Atheism, godless, love, Nonbelief, Positive Atheism, religion, unbelief
Tagged Atheism in pop culture, deconversion, evolution, Losing Religion, spiritual, unbelief
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Dangerous Thought #5 – “Man Created God in His Image”
April 11, 2013. I was a Christian for so many years. Yet, how did I miss this? A closer look at the Old Testament reveals God to be an impossible ogre No different from a regular stone age barbarian. “Some boys came out of the … Continue reading
Posted in agnostic, Atheism, god, godless, Nonbelief, Positive Atheism, religion, Right Faith, unbelief, Wrong Faith
Tagged Agnostic, Atheism, Bible, Christ, deconversion, faith, freedom from religion, godless, Jesus, Losing Religion, religion
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Dangerous Thought #4 – “Might the Success of Jesus be Largely Attributed to His Threat of Hell?
February 2013. Jesus threatened eternal damnation. This terrifying new idea must have coerced many people then just as it does today. “Be baptized and believe” or “Be condemned to Hell” – JESUS (John 6:53-54) (Mark 16:16) The old Testament says nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, anti-theist, Atheism, Bible, Christ, deconversion, faith, freedom from religion, God, Jesus, Losing Religion, non belief, Openly Secular, Positive Atheism, religion, secular, unbelief
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My First Christmas Without Jesus – 2012
Journal Entries: January 22, 2013: Christmas was sad this year. For the first time I felt no faith and no purpose for a Jesus. Lack of faith was not the main reason for the sadness – it was the news and … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-theist, Atheism, Bible, Christ, deconversion, faith, freedom from religion, God, Jesus, Losing Religion, Newtown, non belief, Positive Atheism, religion, spiritual, unbelief
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Dangerous Thought #3 – “The Crazy People are not Misinterpreting Their Religion. They are Following it”
Extremist – “Someone who accepts God’s Word exactly as written.” January, 2013 Up to this point it had been inconceivable to me that religion was the reason for the awful behavior of certain Christians and Muslims I had been reading about in … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, anti-theist, Atheism, Bible, deconversion, faith, Jesus, Losing Religion, Malala, Newtown, Positive Atheism, religion, spiritual, unbelief
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Dangerous Thought #2 – “Oh, My God. There is No God!”
December 14, 2012 My God Died in Newtown I had been humming Christmas carols in the car driving back home through New England. I had just finished a business trip in the early afternoon on December 14, 2012 looking forward to a busy … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, anti-theist, Atheism, Bible, Christ, faith, God, Jesus, Losing Religion, Malala, Newtown, Positive Atheism, religion, spiritual, unbelief
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Dangerous Doubts – Is “Faith” the Problem in the World?
The Christian I was Before October 2012, I was still a Christian. I was a liberal Catholic and I was certain I had the right view of Jesus. The public Christians preached peculiar things like Creationism, Intelligent Design and a literalist approach to the Bible. George … Continue reading
Posted in Right Faith, Wrong Faith
Tagged Agnostic, anti-theist, Atheism, Bible, Christ, faith, Jesus, Losing Religion, philosophy, religion, spiritual
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Losing My Religion – The Beginning of the End
It was October, 2012 and the news from Pakistan was a shock. A little girl had been shot in the head by a member of the Taleban on a school bus somewhere in Pakistan. It was part of an attack on a … Continue reading
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Tagged Agnostic, Atheism, Bible, deconversion, faith, freedom from religion, Jesus, Losing Religion, Malala, non belief, Positive Atheism, religion
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