I’m a Christian, but far from a perfect one. I was raised for a long time by fear-minded legalists, which resulted in my leaving the church at age 18 and not returning for 10 years. It was actually a college friend who helped me start trusting God again; I began visiting his church in 2008 and kept going until 2015 when I moved away.

My basic philosophy about religion is this: if any one of them is absolutely true, then by definition the rest have to be false. I don’t believe in picking and choosing to have a generic form of “faith” that just strokes your own ego. The fact of the matter is that either God exists, or He doesn’t - there’s no other option. If He does, then as our Creator He deserves our worship and obedience. If He doesn’t, then there’s no ultimate purpose to life and we’re all worm food in the end.

I’d also like to add that in my view, a very important distinction needs to be made between atheists and anti-theists. From what I’ve experienced in my life, your average atheist rejects God personally but has no problem with others thinking otherwise. Its the anti-theists who go nuts every time religious people (especially Christians) take a stand, hurling insults and character attacks.

I could go on with this for a while, but I think that’s enough for now. If anyone has a question for me about what I’ve said, feel free to post away and I’ll get back to you. God Bless!