Should I convert to atheism?
What are some good reasons why atheism would be a better choice than theism and/or religion. Please explain.
Atheism is NOT something you 'convert' to. Either you look around, ask questions, do some research and then come to the conclusion that god is a myth or you keep believing the mythical BS that religion has been passing down for generations.
If you need some hit's to point you in the right direction then ere are a few.
(Note: Since most readers are more familiar with the Abrahamic god myths, I'll stick to these.)
Biblical lore teaches that the Bible is the immutable (unchanging) world of god and that god himself is unchanging, all knowing, infallible, all powerful and supreme.
Yet, based on the family tree of Jesus in the bible, we can trace his heritage all the way to David then back to Abraham and from there to Adam, the first man. Christian historians place the time of Adam at about 4095 BCE, that's more then 6,100 years ago. Yet we know that modern men (Homo sapien sapiens) have been on earth for at least 130,000 years. That's 123,900 years BEFORE Adam. According to the bible, the Earth was created a mere week before Adam was created. So the earth can only be about 6,100 years old as well. But geology has placed the formation of the earth at more then 4.57 billion years ago. Hmmmm.
So, if the Bible is unchanging and infallible, then why the inaccuracies. If you believe science is wrong or that god placed these 'fact' there to test us, then how loving is he?
Here's more. The Great flood/Noah and his ark, stories that can be found almost verbatim in other mythological texts. The only differences being the god (or gods) that caused the floods and the names of the heroes. In fact, these other tails predate the Hebrew tail by hundreds of years and histories are now finding that the flood story entered Hebrew oral tradition about the same time they were living in Samaria, a land where one of these older tails were quite prevalent. Hmmm. If it were any book other then the bible, everyone would be yelling that Moses ripped of the Sumerians and plagiarized their mythology. Instead, people ignore this bit of info because it contradicts their 'faith.' I wont go into the fact that the flood of the bible took place during the time of Noah, some 4558 years ago around 2450 BCE. Now, MANY Christians are quick to point out that geologists have proven that there was a great flood in that area stated in the bible...and they are correct! What they DON'T mention is that the same geologists have dated the flood to around 5600 BCE, some 7,600 years ago. That's 1,500 years before the biblical creation story, before Adam, and over 3,000 years before the biblical flood.
And there are dozens of other similar discrepancies in the bible.
So, if the Bible is a story...a book of myth and legend, not fact, then why should the god of the bible be any more real?
So if that god is false or at least not true, then what god is. So after research all other faiths, you will start seeing things that are absolutely asinine. You will also see man similarities to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Eventually, if you use logic and reasoning, you will have to conclude that you are either an atheist. Someone that accepts that god us a myth or an agnostic, someone that can’t come to a definitive conclusion and doesn’t think it's possible...OR you could turn out like me, an Antitheist. Someone that reads enough to know that theistic views are detrimental to humanity in the long run and knows we need do what we can to discourage such sad and ignorant views. After all, humanity believing in a god is about the same a child believing in their imaginary friend. When the child is an infant, it's cute. When the child hits 3 or 4, it's worth a little concern, but not too much. If at the age of 10 the child is still talking to their imaginary buddy, there is an issue that needs to be dealt with. If this child hits puberty thinking his imaginary friends still hanging around, well, let's just say your child needs professional help. Humanity has hit puberty. We need to get rid of our imaginary friend now.
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