I 'came out' as an atheist.

[Headcrab Zombie]

Do it to save your soul and so you can spend an eternity in heaven.

"Do this so this thing you don't even believe in will happen"
Yeah you'll totally get far telling him that

It takes time. Im suggesting that op take the time to find God

Most people aren't atheists because they haven't "found god"
They're atheists because they looked at the statements, claims and the evidence (or lack thereof) of both positions, and after careful consideration decided they don't believe it

[Ad Bot]

[The Magical Dunes]

...and when I think about death and start to find fear in it I always think 'Did I care that I didn't exist before I was born?' no, I didn't and the fear subsides.

wha... huh... um, like, is this supposed to make sense to anyone but you?

[mus]

you don't simply "change beliefs" overnight

that's like saying you can change your special interest in a snap of my fingers

...i didnt know you could change special interestes at all.

[Char]

They think there will be no such thing as thought processes because your brain can't make them anymore.

Well... yeah. Your thoughts do come from your brain, after all.

I haven't read up on it, although I should, but I haven't read many of the arguments against "afterdeath hallucinations" from people who have been medically dead and were able to be revived.

I believe this is called a "near-death experience", where your brain hallucinates (much like a dream) during, well, near-death circumstances. It can also be triggered by extreme g-force from centrifuges because of blood being drained away from the brain.
Clinical death is also defined as the cessation of blood circulating and breathing, which can be reversed during a short period of time, I think.

(I realize it says "against" and not "for", but I think this is relevant somehow.)

[GhostStar]

...i didnt know you could change special interestes at all.

have you hit puberty yet? Come back when you do and tell me how many different special interestes you had and how often they changed.

[Pacha.]

wha... huh... um, like, is this supposed to make sense to anyone but you?

he didn't fear nonexistence before birth so why should he fear it for when he dies

that's what I think he meant

[mus]

have you hit puberty yet? Come back when you do and tell me how many different special interestes you had and how often they changed.

no I mean, I've certainly developed many special interestes, but i've never "changed" them lol

although I do find some stuff I was into earlier gross, which kind of contradicts my point

like bbw

[GhostStar]

no I mean, I've certainly developed many special interestes, but i've never "changed" them lol

although I do find some stuff I was into earlier gross, which kind of contradicts my point

like bbw

I used to be into some stuff I find disgusting nowadays.

[bloody jumper]

he didn't fear nonexistence before birth so why should he fear it for when he dies

that's what I think he meant

Exactly.

[Clone v.117]

She sounds crazy by any standard, definitely more so than any normal religious person.

[GhostStar]

She sounds crazy by any standard, definitely more so than any normal religious person.

not really, some muslim fathers kill their children if they loose faith. Their bible actually tells them to do it.

[mus]

not really, some muslim fathers kill their children if they loose faith. Their bible actually tells them to do it.

..really

[GhostStar]

..really

yes, OP is lucky his mother isnt muslim.

[Char]

not really, some muslim fathers kill their children if they loose faith. Their bible actually tells them to do it.

*insert the "stone disobedient children" passage from the Bible*

18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;

20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

[XR-7]

..really

He he he

Are u Muslim??

*insert the "stone disobedient children" passage from the Bible*

People who follow the Old Testament to a key are corrupted.