Originally Posted Here

On Atheism

Author: Matthew (aka Mordagar)

    My friend Mark has posted a great deal of blogs here concerning his thoughts on God, so I thought I would post one as well. I mostly agree with what he says, though I don't always agree with how he says it. In the following essay, I will lay out a bit of my beliefs and why they correspond with atheism as opposed to theism. I didn't come to atheism lightly; it took a fair bit of searching on my part to arrive there. It started for me at about age 16; I began to realize there was more and more to Christianity that just wasn't tenable. My parents had raised me as a Christian, though even as a child I had trouble believing. I sincerely wanted to however, as I surely didn't want to end up in hell, and didn't want to face more immediate consequences such as my parents' chastisement.