I don’t believe in God. From my perspective, the reason that God isn’t doing anything because there is no god. Now I used to be a Christian too and it was a slow transformation away from Christianity, but it has been worth it as my life is just as fulfilling, if not much more so, and my psychological clarity has increased. The contradictions etc that I was holding in my head have yielded and made way for a simpler experience of life.

If you want to do some deep, heavy reading, try “What are you without God?” by Christopher Krzeminski. It’s a great book which not only debunks religious thought but goes on to deal with the emotional aspects of deconversion. However, it is long, quite heavy read so it’s not for everyone. Otherwise, just so you know, if you do lose your belief in God you may well find that you feel a bit empty at first as you have lost something that you thought to be real; you will find your own way to deal with this but it is common. I experienced it on some level too. The good news is, it’s a temporary phenomenon.

All best – have great lives you two no matter what happens.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by Rock Banana.

Dear Glet:
You wrote: “my father said the problem with me is that I am too smart and I constantly want to question things.”

I don’t think the problem is with you for being “too smart”- you have a brain, hence you ask questions.

I too believe there is no god, at least not the biblical god, not the traditional biblical god, the one made in the image of man- so the bible, for me has nice parts to it, but it does not at all expresses what there really is out there, beyond what we can see/hear, etc. There is nobody out there knowing my every thought, feeling, watching my every move, taking notes. Nobody out there hearing me when I cry for help (I did, for years, as a child- no reply). I am getting comfortable wtih my understanding that … my understading is limited and there are many things I will not be able to know for the rest of my life.

I don’t engage in fantasy just so to “know” what i cannot know.

There are plenty of things that I can know though, so I don’t focus on what i can never know.
anita

I laughed while reading this. Religion is something people invented because they can’t handle the mortality of people; by religion, we make ourselves immortal. To believe in God and not ever doubt it, indicates a lack of education or a lack of brain. Your dad is right: you are too smart, too smart to believe in God. Be open minded but not so much that your brain falls out.
My first advice for you is to get in touch with other ideas, try to watch these videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo2LHKRR8NQ
My second advice: don’t believe anyone but yourself, so don’t even listen to me if you don’t want to. Believe what you want to believe, or just believe nothing. I’m not an atheïst, because I can’t prove that God doesn’t exist. I’m neither a buddhist or a christian or whatever. I am a person, just like you, and I don’t like to be put into a box. I believe in this life, and that we can make the most of it.
I’m really sorry if I offended anyone with this post, I really respect whatever religion people have.