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My deconversion from Christianity didn’t start with rebellion, anger, or a desire to "sin." It began when I was 5 yrs old, asking my father—a Baptist minister—a simple, logical question: “Why did Jesus have to die? Why couldn't he just forgive us? 🧵

@KarynATetrault It is manipulative, in almost every way.

@hookskat Doesn't your phrase "was sold" imply manipulation? ...marketing an idea under false pretenses. "Intentional" means that was motive. U R saying guilt/fear were more than the EFFECTS; u r saying that was the PURPOSE?

Looking back as a former Christian, I realize that what was sold as "vigilance" was really just intentional guilt and fear. Doubt wasn't designed to keep you alert against the “devil”—it was designed to keep you afraid.

@harryspalding67 @TheHistoryGuy07 He is hardly militant.

@hookskat @TheHistoryGuy07 I’ve never met Marcus but the original poster would need a lot more than just one meme he doesn’t like to prove his case.

Militant or online atheists have become the most dogmatic and closed-minded people on the planet. They are aggressive, combative and dismissive of unlike-minded people. In debates and online activity they utilize mockery rather than engagement. Exhibit A: Marcus Fidelicus 👇

@RadicalTruthist Being afraid of hell is ridiculous.

@hookskat "Designed." "Sold." Ridiculous. Why should it be sold? We're all guilty, and fear keeps humans alive. Being afraid is wise.

@PhilipS66765562 😂 oh god, I'm knit alone.

@hookskat Yuh! I hait that whim it hippens.

I hate it when I post something and find out I made a spelling error… again

@KarynATetrault Yes, it's always my churches problem

@hookskat If the church u attended taught vigilance in a way that left U feeling chronically "guilty and afraid" I"d run 4 the exit too. Other churches teach vigilance very differently. For example: mainline Protestant churches frame it as moral awareness and self-reflection. 1/

@Ceo_Cassio I don't mean to do that. 🫤

@hookskat Talvez🤔 Eu entendo que existem pessoas que estão sofrendo porém isso não vai impedir me de criar boas memórias e lidar com meus problemas. Seja feliz e ajude aqueles que estão ao seu alcance. Comparar sofrimento não me parece produtivo.

Humans are barbaric……

@jeffray49 Christianity leads to self-absorption and magical thinking.

@hookskat Atheism leads to nihilism Socialism leads to communism Pot leads to heroin The progression obsession is always lurking.

They don't equate (atheism/nihilism)…. But the best part about nihilism is that it doesn’t require a maintenance plan. It dies when I do—unlike certain dogmas that insist on haunting the afterlife.

@WSAllan2 @TimNoEgo We didn't. It was a 1/2 mile long. We put the truck in 4 wheel drive and dared anyone to visit.

@hookskat @TimNoEgo My back aches just thinking about shoveling that.😳

Photo Challenge: Through a window Please post a favorite shot you took through a window

@pmac4jesus Maybe not.… it is a reason to not believe one exists.

@hookskat "No god"? Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

I see too much of myself in the twitter Christians. I was evangelical to the core. Believed in YEC and literal interpretation. It was a long trek out and I fought it the whole way. Much calmer here.

@GreysonBarrios @God_Questioner I understand you believe that. I don't.

@hookskat @God_Questioner there is absolute evil and absolute good. homosexuality and adultery is gravely sinful.

@Brotherhoodoft5 And they remain unanswered.…

Evolution explains how life changes, not how life first began... Major unanswered questions include: How did dependable self-replication begin? How did the genetic code arise? How did information, metabolism, and membranes become one system? Why does life use molecules of one handedness? Which early-Earth environment actually produced life?

When the only evidence you will accept is the supernatural…. This isn't saying much.

@MaxHumana 🏆

@hookskat Well said. This kind of “redemptive” arc is essentially inevitable in people who are honest with themselves and others, and strong/independent enough to seek and accept reality.

My deconversion from Christianity didn’t start with rebellion, anger, or a desire to "sin." It began when I was 5 yrs old, asking my father—a Baptist minister—a simple, logical question: “Why did Jesus have to die? Why couldn't he just forgive us? 🧵

@MaxHumana And once.…. 🙄

@MaxHumana True… andnomce you see it helps will all of life

@GalanthusA Right?

@hookskat Worse when you already have a like and comment and you don't feel you can delete it and try again

@MajickShadow “God” lol

@hookskat I'm very curious to know what "overwhelming evidence" there is to contradict historical macro evolution, as I'm assuming that's what he means, since micro evolution and specie adaptation is well documented.

@Gungglefont 😂

@hookskat It’s easily dune

@DavidHe06913714 😂

@hookskat always chell spec

@NoGodsforKids Too strong of a word?

@hookskat about the "hate"

@athiestboi You mean like when someone prays for you?

Do you belive in spell castings ?