As a Mormon I openly ridiculed other religions and a lot of the criticism was right-on. Why would I want to have anything to do with any religion that I have previously laughed at?
I got out of Mormonism and haven't looked back. I do not believe in Joseph Smith. I do not believe in the Book of Mormon. I do not believe in the Bible. I do not believe in any man-made religion. I do not believe in God. I do not believe in Jesus Christ. I do not believe in heaven or hell or any after-life.
I look forward to death as a calming sleep, never to awaken, no matter who calls.
I do not believe in politicians, in fact I believe in nothing.
Exmormons, what is your religious view now?
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Re: Exmormons, what is your religious view now?
Hey-o.
I consider myself to be a soft atheist, although I chose agnostic. I've rejected the idea of a personal god(s), but maintain that there may be something in the Universe(s) that we would consider to be god-like... However, that said, if there is such a thing the practical applications of such a god to our existential reality is so far beyond usefulness it is rendered moot.
I can say, without a doubt, that I'm a hard atheist when it comes to the gods of this world. The gods that have been created in our imaginations embody our personalities, passions, obsessions, and territorial claims. They're just an extension of a body politic. I understand people interpreting their thoughts and feelings as spirituality, thus finding a structure of some sort to understand what it means. However, if viewed objectively it's hard to qualify those thoughts and feelings as anything else than personal thoughts and feelings rather than the outside influence of a personal god.
V/R
Dr. Cam
I consider myself to be a soft atheist, although I chose agnostic. I've rejected the idea of a personal god(s), but maintain that there may be something in the Universe(s) that we would consider to be god-like... However, that said, if there is such a thing the practical applications of such a god to our existential reality is so far beyond usefulness it is rendered moot.
I can say, without a doubt, that I'm a hard atheist when it comes to the gods of this world. The gods that have been created in our imaginations embody our personalities, passions, obsessions, and territorial claims. They're just an extension of a body politic. I understand people interpreting their thoughts and feelings as spirituality, thus finding a structure of some sort to understand what it means. However, if viewed objectively it's hard to qualify those thoughts and feelings as anything else than personal thoughts and feelings rather than the outside influence of a personal god.
V/R
Dr. Cam
In the face of madness, rationality has no power - Xiao Wang, US historiographer, 2287 AD.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Every record...falsified, every book rewritten...every statue...has been renamed or torn down, every date...altered...the process is continuing...minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Ideology is always right.
Re: Exmormons, what is your religious view now?
I consider myself to be agnostic with some touches of Buddhism. After deciding to leave the church I examined my ideas about the Bible and other religious texts and found that I didn't believe much in those either. I don't think I could move into another religion with people telling me what I should be doing/eating/drinking/especially how and what to do with my body etc. As long as I am happy and my family is happy I will continue doing what I feel is right.
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