I suppose it goes without saying this is NO AMERICAN! I think we have two known atheists in the United States, Bill Maher and Sam Harris. Living in America and being an American, Mr Harris has to travel with armed body guards.
I think my movement from agnostic to atheist came from curiosity leading to a hard look into the theology of religion(s). It’s not just an inability to deny physics, science, logic, reason and common sense because I am afraid to die, but also very much to do with the horrible lessons within the theology. And when anything nice can be found in that theology how fast and sure it is corrupted into something ugly by right-wing politics.
It’s a shame because many convicts, addicts, losers, the lonely, and little children need the lie to help them through the day. If only we could clean it up into something nice and reasonable.
One thing just came to me this minute? The famous Ten Commandments do not include rape. Theology…