My journey to athiesm.

[Torie]

Yes, religion, at least the Christian one, has this paternal aspect to its view of God. Even if I had been raised by persons of faith (and I was not), I suspect that aspect would have driven me away anyway in rather short order.I am pretty hard wired to question authority, and then question it some more, irrespective of its purported provenance.

Perhaps Afleitch, you will get to the point where the issue really ceases to have much psychological impact on you. In the end, you can't do anything about what is, or is not, and if you have your own set of reasonable ethics, what real impact will it really have on your life anyway, as to what you believe, one way or the other?  Good luck.

[Torie]

I'm sorry Grumpy for offending all the atheists around here with my religion. Why should he just be able to post a thread without a challenge? That is more offensive to me.

I don't think anyone here cares about anyone's religion or lack thereof myself. Some just get annoyed with jmfcst's "preachiness," and certitude that he is right, or his interpretation of the Bible is right, and tendency to bring up the matter continually. But that is just an aesthetic reaction I suspect.

[Torie]

I'm sorry Grumpy for offending all the atheists around here with my religion. Why should he just be able to post a thread without a challenge? That is more offensive to me.

I don't think anyone here cares about anyone's religion or lack thereof myself. Some just get annoyed with jmfcst's "preachiness," and certitude that he is right, or his interpretation of the Bible is right, and tendency to bring up the matter continually. But that is just an aesthetic reaction I suspect.

Preaching is a part of Christianity JMF probably goes to far but spreading the faith is no issue with me.

How many converts do you think he has secured so far on this forum?  I take it efficacy is not a factor in the algorithm when it comes to preaching "the word," is it?