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Old 10-12-2008, 01:19 PM   #54 (permalink)
Googly_Eyes
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I wasn't raised Christian but I went to a Catholic elementary school. I can't necessarily say I ever believed in God despite all the praying/worshiping I did because I was too young to think for myself. When I did start speculating though, my transformation into an atheist wasn't instantaneous. I didn't want to let go of my "beliefs" and would exhaust all my energy on trying to square the circle, so to speak. Eventually I realized that I never even cared about my "beliefs" to begin with though, which made it a lot easier to consider whether or not I actually believed it.

I wound up becoming a non-religious theist for a while (I was starting high school at the time. It was a lot easier for me to abandon my beliefs without being taught them as if they were facts), then became a deist, became a pantheist, became utterly agnostic, then a passionate atheist, and now I'm an atheist with strong opinions on God and religion but don't really care to express them unless someone's planning on doing something like fly a Boeing 747 into an enormously populated building or waking me up on a Sunday morning to "Spread the good word of the Lord."

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Originally Posted by YourLocalJesus View Post
I thought the bible was complete bullshit when I was eight. How stupid are you guys? I'd totally want to be a salesman and try to sell you shit, cause I'd fool you in one minute.
I've always noticed that of all the people who are raised religious but become atheist/agnostic, ENTJs are the first to stop believing and it always happens at a very early age. It's usually because they see religion as a method of control and, well, they're ENTJs.

I've also always got the impression that most of the "religious entrepreneurs" I've heard of seem like ENTJs (lol).

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Being an NT is probably connected with doubt. I think most of us are probably sceptics by nature. We need irrefutable evidence, and I think most of us can smell bullshit and stay clear of it. Religion is bullshit.
Religion is crowd control, and we're not part of the crowd. I don't think NT's are as prone to mob mentality as most other types.
I agree.

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and what does NT think , specifically, of Christianity concept of God? does it make sense? is it acceptable, or it is not acceptable for NT's rationale? and what's the reasons?
I don't think so. There are too many reasons for me to want to go into detail. All I can say is that I've debated many a Christian (theist) over the internet and after spending enough time thinking about and researching religion in general I've come to the conclusion that religion is simply the epitome of ignorance. Everything about it is illogical and each of its defenses are illogical.

I also agree with meme theory and see religion as a sort of unconscious "life-form" that survives by infecting our minds and "reproducing" in the minds of children. Religion is a parasite which improves its survival rate by reducing ours.

There are plenty of reasons to believe in God, but none of them are reasonable.
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