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My girlfriend wants me to convert to atheism because she feels I need to seek reality more. She claims I am a typical conservative evangelical religious nutjob and that I need to be set in my place once and for all. I figure it's better that I do this instead of somebody else. My question is... how do I become an atheist?
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>> No. 256
Read the bible.
>> No. 257
learn more about the world
>> No. 258
Convert to Atheism.... Wow that's totally not how it works... but okay...

...Atheism means to believe in no deities, or gods... to be without a religion, it's really easy to do that, stop believing in god and the bible. Can't really convert to it since it's not a religion in itself.

Now, to explain it in a way where I'm sure trolls here will be offended, It's like no longer believing in Santa or the Easter bunny... Atheism is no longer believing in imaginary things that have no proof of existing

(...I'm expecting the next few posts to be on, how the Easter bunny must exist or how does the egg hide itself...)
>> No. 259
How to become an Atheist. The easy way.

1. Go to a book store, buy and read as many fantasy/etc books that involve God's or Pagan worship. Count them. (Exactly what 2. did: fantasise)
2. Realise that some nutjob 2000 years ago mentioned Hell if you don't do what the "good Lord" tells you - and of course only *I* can tell you what God says because of course, I'm a priest.
3. Then string together the abominations of 'religious observerance' that the priesthood has created.
4. Without even TOUCHING on the scientific side of things - Priests are using smoke and mirrors to create their own power. And it even works on Governments & Laws. Look it up.

I'm an atheist. I hate religion. I don't hate people deciding they are religious. [Even though I seem to get equal hate from said religious just because OMFG I have an opinion!] I think you need to work out if the woman is worth the change or if she's just power-playing you.

Oh while I think about it, Check out God Delusion - Richard Dawkins and There is No God - Christopher Hitchens. Dawkins proves Science over God, Hitchens disproves Theism. I believe Hitchens was a much more "fun" and religiously educational book.
>> No. 262
>>259
Implying that Richard Dawkins is even worth listening to and isn't a cocksucking asshole who even most atheists hate.
>> No. 263
>>259
Everyone hates him. But he wouldn't have made so many books if what he was saying was Rubbish.

Then again - the bible is how popular? hahah.
>> No. 264
Only believe in what can be proven 100% through scientific study.
>> No. 265
Something one of my friends shared with me the other day:

You say religious extremists are bad, and yet you consider yourself faithful everyday?
You say Atheists are close-minded and yet you won't listen to me?
You say God exists because you believe, but you once believed in Father Christmas, and the Easter Bunny?
You say God loves everyone, but I'm still going to hell?
You say the Bible is proof, but denounce and ignore the parts you don't like.
A nice sunset is not proof of God, it only proves that the sun is setting.
You're pretty much wrong. Just be nice to people and keep your preachy crap to yourselves.
>> No. 274
First, who the hell hates Richard Dawkins but theists and idiots who try to reconcile science with religion to pander to theists.

I've read the God Delusion and the Greatest Show on Earth and both were good reads. I've heard very good things of his other books. Also, he is pretty well liked among atheists. He wouldn't be popular if he weren't. Its not like he has a market outside this one group. He is also a pretty nice guy. Though recently some deal with the forums on the richard dawkins foundation site turned a bunch of forum posters into a group of rabid dawkins haters, so maybe now that isn't as true.

Second, if you want to convert just start reading and start to think critically. The God Delusion is a great book. Its all kind pointless if you aren't open to the idea. If you keep your mind wrapped around religion, you aren't going to get converted. The fact you said "I figure it's better that I do this instead of somebody else." reeks of I want to be a martyr. Weird kind of martyrdom though.
>> No. 275
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>> No. 276
>>264
I'd say a very important part of modern science is understanding that things cannot be proven 100%, and thus accepting there might be a better explanation than the one you are currently using. There will always be some unknowns influencing whatever you are looking at, or the possibility that previous researchers overlooked something or made mistakes. Scientists shouldn't use words like 'proven', 'facts' or 'believing in science/theory/...', because it also implies a blind faith, but now in the infallibility of science.

Unfortunately some people try to use this to their advantage and say things like: 'evolution is only a theory', not understanding that it's an extremely solid theory with immense amounts of evidence supporting it, which you just can't put aside as 'another' theory.
>> No. 278
In which, you would end up believing in nothing.
>> No. 281
>>278
Well yes, because 'beliefs' have no place in science. In science you just use knowledge without believing in it. You use what you think it most likely, but always remember that it might not be correct.
Obviously in actual life you still assume some things to be true simply because it's not possible to test everything yourself, and it helps us function in life more easily.

But the important thing here is realizing that once you reach a certain independence you have the ability to understand why you have certain beliefs and understanding you can stop clinging to these beliefs if you realize that many of them make no sense at all. If letting go of a belief scares you, I suppose you can just continue believing in whatever your parents taught you. But I think if you do that you will never grow up to be a matured modern human.
>> No. 373
I'm an atheist. Your girlfriend is a typical bitch that wants to change you just to feel better about herself.

You should put HER in HER place and fuck her hard.. but then again you might believe in the whole marriage only thing...

If for some reason you want to go for it and abandon your faith, then I'll tell you what works for me. I've gotta see it to believe it. That includes God. Until then, I put my money on heavy skepticism.
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>>255
Shut the fuck up doosh bag. No conservative christian would come here to ask for advice. Get fucking real.

Do you have nothing better to do then make up dumb stories of your pretend life cause you have no real life?
Die.
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