Passover always bothered me as a kid growing up in church. God, or his agent actually, skimming over the rooftops like Santa Claus but instead of dropping off gifts, Death Claus took souls of the firstborn. So, these children could have been any age because it was not the newborn but the first born Egyptian child, the teenagers, perhaps, or pre-teens, and yes, maybe a few infants, if that was the first born. Christians celebrate Passover, as do Jews, yet I'm struck if they are truly bothered their holiday is essentially the celebration of "Yeah, my kids weren't killed by Yahweh! Let's celebra ..read more

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They're back at it again. I sometimes drive by a clinic on my way to work and I see these women with signs. Is there a Bible verse I could yell at them rather than my usual "pro choice!" yell? submitted by /u/strawberrysoup99 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’ve been searching this subreddit for while because I’m trying my best to come to terms with the fact that God may not exist. It’s really hard to accept that when you’re raised in a faith based household but I just can’t justify “God” treating me like this. There is no way a God who is supposed to love us would put us in harms way it just makes no sense. I want to learn to accept and also is there any literature I can’t start reading about atheism. submitted by /u/Responsible_Cry_6691 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I hate this phrase so much like it’s just a cope for them at this point. submitted by /u/Responsible_Cry_6691 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’m aro/ace and closeted. My mother has made some… interesting remarks about men around me that honestly annoy me to no end. She’s talked about me meeting a “good Christian boy” and getting married… I’m 16 years old. It doesn’t happen too often, but it’s definitely annoying. Like one time at a movie theater the employee was patient with us, and she said I needed to get a boyfriend like that. Also when I smiled at an employee at McDonald’s she made fun of me relentlessly cuz she thought I had a crush on him (he was just polite FFS). The worst one however happened when I was 15, and she was a r ..read more

For me, I became an atheist at around 9. I grew up in a pretty agnostic household, my mom never took me to church, was bisexual and was agnostic. I never got baptized either. But I guess I just always assumed there was a god untill I was 9 (I’m only 15 now.) and I was on the internet more,and started to really learn about religion and realized that it was total bullshit. submitted by /u/Leather_Chipmunk_168 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I found out because I would get sent to vacation Bible school a lot as a kid. It was like a daycare just for religion and learning about Christianity. One day, they showed us a video of a teen who kept having terrible things happening to him because he said he didn’t believe in God until he relented and said he did. I was like “would God really be that petty?” And that’s where the doubt began. At the time, I also had a huge interest in science so the existence of a God became less likely in my eyes. A few years later, I had completely stopped believing. My family is not against it but it’s no ..read more

Was talking to a Christian about how Noah’s Flood is immoral, and the topic of Hitler came up. They had the audacity to say, “Hitler was a punishment for mankind.” I can’t believe that people are this delusional. What a disgusting religion and group of people within it. submitted by /u/Ok_Investment_246 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

In a sense, especially in theocratic countries, religion is just a tool for charlatans to control other people in all daily aspects of their lives, while rebranding it as "Christianity" or "Islam". All religious leaders must do is say, "If you let us and our 'holy book' dictate every part of your lives, you can enjoy heaven forever!" It is the most intelligent and unethical tactic! submitted by /u/Halt1363 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more