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Originally Posted by Unregistered
I'm probably the only one out of the whole church turned atheist, but I plan to continue living the rest of my life as one... It is the path I found for myself...it is finally my decision and not something forced or chosen for me. It wasn't easy getting to this point but it was better than the alternative.
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This is one of the things which drove me over the edge with the LC. I recall how one LC member told me about a conversation he had with a sceptic once. That sceptic would ask him questions, and all the friend said was something along the lines of "just believe, just believe, just believe".
A few months ago right after I left the LC, I started to have a discussion with another friend who was becoming an atheist after reading about evolution and Nietzsche. One midday as we walked he unloaded all the reasons he had for becoming an atheist on me. It shook me to the core. I could not answer him. It drove me to find answers. But I was months too late.
As I walked to my flat after that discussion, I passed the LC. For a moment I stopped, looked at the church, and said "Damn you."
Why? Because I realised that if this friend of mine which had all these questions were to go to them, that they would not have even wanted to give him answers. I mean, all the apologists of the day are just plain hypocrites in their eyes.
I realised that if anything they would have given this friend of mine more reason to become an atheist. And for that I despise them. They are closed off, holier-than-thou and condescending.
It is a real pity that you became an atheist. I haven't given up on this friend, and I never want to loose somebody to atheism again. Do yourself a favour and give Christ a real chance. Look at the work of modern apologists like William Lane Craig, John Lennox and Gary Habermas. Please don't discount God for your experience of a borderline cult, as the saying goes: "Don't throw out the baby with the water."
P. S. I know it was wrong of me to curse them.