Yah. Hi.

I wasn't the poster child for Christianity growing up, but there's a reason I use the term deconversion.

But even that argument has flaws, which came first, the feeling of the god or the knowledge of the god? We're all born atheists and are essentially brainwashed into the religion of our parents or guardian. So arguably, thinking begets the feeling, as your frame of reference for the world and life influences how you process things. A person who believes in the supernatural is much more likely to encounter the supernatural. A person who believes in a god is much more likely to see their hand at work.

I confess to a reluctance to see religious matters as coming from the heart, I see such framing as an attempt to empower the religious/spiritual side of knowledge and imbue it with some sort of protection from reality.

It's all the brain my friends.

I was brought up Roman Catholic, went to a religious school and all that jazz, but there was always doubt for me. One of my favourite books was this Children's Encyclopaedia, which taught me all about evolution and the history of the universe without any mention of a God, so I guess you could say this book kickstarted my atheism.

I had my inner monologues over 'Is there or isn't there?', but it wasn't till I was around 10 or 11 that I heard atheism was a thing and I realised 'Oh wait, so I'm not alone on this?' and I have been a firm non-believer ever since.

What I find fascinating was that Christianity sprung from the belief that Jesus was the promised Messiah, and yet the people that came up with the prophecy and were waiting for the messiah don't believe he was the messiah and still don't. I always thought this was somewhat of a red flag.

And I love how the guys that came up with this monotheistic, Abrahamic god lark were initially polytheists (like most early civilisations), which is completely at odds with the biblical story.

So, clearly God does NOT want us to eat pineapples.

I still think the story of Abraham and Isaac is way more entertaining if you imagine god just going 'PSSSSSYYYYYYYCCCH!!! HAHAH, lolz, you thought I was serious. You're such an idiot."