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I've read the Bible, I went to church, I went to confirmation classes for two years. And I guess it's not that I never saw proof that there was God, but that the Bible doesn't make sense.

I wanted to believe in God early, because it seemed easier. However, the logical side of me took over, so I used my lack of finding reasoning with the religious side of things as my final judgment tool. I really didn't study the Bible, per se, in my youth -- my Biblical readings as an adult (because I wanted to see what was really in there -- I didn't go there to be converted) reinforced my views.

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My husband is totally a deductive atheist. He says, where's the proof? And if there's no proof, then there is no God.


Atheism requires thinking -- a lot of it. It requires logical analysis, putting two plus two together to make four, when in the religious sense, two plus two makes pi. That is why I am not really surprised to see a good number of CF people as atheists. CF decision making requires very logical thought processes, thinking about how the decisions of today affect the future. IMO, the same processes apply for people who question the religious authority and become agnostics/atheists.

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But, I don't feel lonely, I don't feel like there is something "missing" from my life. I treat others well (most of the time) and expect to be treated the same.

I don't feel like anything is missing either. Plus, I did not need a church to be told that if I am nice to others, others just maybe, possibly, might want to be nice back.

Overzealous people don't deserve respect, IMO.