I went from religion to atheist and then back to religion again

and you need to know YAHUWAH to know truth only.

Now you can die as one.

BE NOTHING!

You are possibly right and so I yield and state that ALL I have stated is in the spirit of sharing and is TOTALLY MHO!

Last Edited by Ozicell on 03/19/2015 12:42 PM

When I fought in WW2 (I'm 97), I saw the stupidity of mankind, I also became an atheist. Nothing would ever make me want to go back to something so stupid and idiotic as religion.
Many use religion as a way to control the masses, those who are unable to truly think for themselves.

I've also seen a dumbing down of society through television and other media to such an extent that some of my great grandkids seem to have little idea who actually won WW2, and their Teachers seem even more stupid and politically correct.

I had a visit from the local church asking why I don't go, and when I said I was an atheist they were astounded. But you're 97 they said. So? I said, what difference does that make? Well, they said, we'd think you'd want to make sure you get into heaven when you die.

I laughed. I have no intention of slowing down. I jog a lot, work out a few times a week, and go swimming. I tend to walk most places, and don't even own a car. I'm signed up to be cyrogenically frozen when I die, so I get to be ressurrected hopefully in the future, although my Doctor said I'm as healthy as a person less than half my age, she has no idea why and is pretty amazed at how good I am for 97. LOL.

At almost 59 I admire your tenacity in life! I hope if I am around at your age I can say the same as you. As to your conclusions - I bow to your superior years of experience. As to what each new day brings for us? That remains a mystery until the moment has passed. The same is true for the 'Moment' we call 'LIFE'. Each of us will eventually take the next step even if we live to a 1000 or more years. What comes next, is as mysterious and real as the day that stretches before us with each new dawn. I wish you well on your journey ahead!

sorta like a reed blowin' in the wind, eh?

Absolutely awesome post!!! But pearls before swine I'm afraid.

You fall into the Deism category according to what you have been saying. See below.

Antitheism (sometimes anti-theism) is active opposition to theism. The term has had a range of applications; in secular contexts, it typically refers to direct opposition to organized religion or to the belief in any deity, while in a theistic context, it sometimes refers to opposition to a specific god or gods.

Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is the absence of belief that any deities exist.

Agnosticism In the popular sense of the term, an "agnostic", according to the philosopher William L. Rowe, is someone who neither believes nor disbelieves in the existence of God, while a theist believes that God does exist and an atheist believes that God does not exist.

Deism is a natural religion. Deists believe in the existence of God, on purely rational grounds, without any reliance on revealed religion or religious authority or holy text. Because of this, Deism is quite different from religions like Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
For Deists, human beings can only know God via reason and the observation of nature, but not by revelation or supernatural manifestations (such as miracles) – phenomena which Deists regard with caution if not skepticism.

Theism The positive assertion of knowledge, either of the existence of gods or the absence of gods, can also be attributed to some theists and some atheists. Put simply, theism and atheism deal with belief, and agnosticism deals with (absence of) rational claims to asserting knowledge.

First, atheism is the absence of religious beliefs. Atheism is not opposed to theism, as atheism is the absence of theism. Atheism is opposed to deism since there is no belief in supernatural being such as great architector, and they reject people with the absence of this belief - therefore, this is being a hidden opposition.

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