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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

For some, it is true that religion fulfills their life. I have a friend who said she needs God to be true because it gives purpose and meaning to her life. She wasnt satisfied with my questions that implied she could get that without a deity. There are also people I know, who have had some real tragedies happen to them, but their faith seemed to keep them from losing their minds. I wouldnt want to take that away from them.

Personally, atheism has helped me search for truth without the worries of breaking a religious tradition or offending a jealous god. I can just live my life as I see fit and try to be open to new things. This isnt unique. There are a lot of people who dont fit into most religions constraints, like gay people or really anyone who doesnt want to revolve their existence around worship.

Yea ftr i resent atheists that see it as their duty to 'release' believers from their superstitious, archaic nonsense. As they see it. Take away something, replace it with nothing. That isnt equal. At least a proselytizing Christian thinks they are saving your soul, from a Christian perspective atheists are pushing you away from God. Which is horrible when you think about it.

What have you found in your search for truth? What truth would that be? You dont have to revolve your existence around religious worship at all, that would be a personal choice. You can easily live your life your way and try new things while believing in God, tbh im not sure what youre talking about.

Alienating gay people was a mistake, but thats because the Bible and other religious texts are written by man. Even if theyre supposedly divinely inspired, it came from man. Religious leaders had a council to decide what books to put in the Bible for example. It was more like a format to build a robust society and now those old restrictions are unfortunate. American Christianity for example has opened up more and more towards gay people which is how it should be. Where theres love, there is God. Im not referring to promiscuous sex ftr, i mean actual love. All powerful God doesnt care what hole you prefer, they want us to love each other.