By hellboundsoul ~ I t’s been nearly 4 years since I left the beliefs of my childhood behind. The dust has settled for the most part. I have long since developed a new perspective, a new philosophy, a new moral foundation. In many ways, arguably the most important ways, I am still the same person as I always was. I act on my convictions wherever they might lead me. When I was 16 they led me to choose to become baptized in my community’s church. When I was 20 they led me away from everything I had ever known. The settling of the dust that coloured the long and arduous transition phase revealed something that would not fade away into distant memories. It was a new structure, a product of the transition of my beliefs. It was a structure of sadness. The sadness of loss. The bright new world that I saw through my brand new perspective was lacking something that I had become accustomed to having, so accustomed that I had taken it completely for granted. I had always had the support o...

By hellboundsoul ~ I ’ve never had much affinity for Pascal’s Wager . The whole thing is pretty hard to take seriously with the heap of objections that immediately come to mind after hearing it. However, I do think there is something to be said about it. First of all though, here’s a shortened and condensed version of Pascal’s Wager: Image by andreakw via Flickr Premise 1: Either God exists or he does not. Premise 2: Every person must choose whether they believe that he does or does not exist. Premise 3: If God exists, after death those who believe in him experience eternal life and happiness and those who do not believe experience eternal misery. Premise 4: If God does not exist, those who believe in him will have wasted some time on earth doing some things they didn’t need to do and those who didn’t believe in him will have avoided this. Premise 5: It is better to sacrifice some time on earth to do what’s required to appease God than to not believe in him and take the ...

By Donna of http://hellboundsoul.wordpress.com/ W ell this is awkward. I never really know what to say when I have a lot to say. This is supposed to be a sort of introduction, I suppose. A sort of ’hey this is what I’m going to write about and it’s going to be awesome so you better read my blog’ thing. I’ve never been a good advertiser, but I can at least tell you what this blog is supposed to be about. Recently (about 10 months ago) I decided to abandon the Christian faith which I had ascribed to for approximately my entire life (I am currently 21). This is probably not something altogether shocking to hear, since people abandon their childhood faiths all the time, especially those around my age. In fact, my particular story is probably not going to be very shocking either. In additional fact, it will likely be atrociously boring and predictable. Either way, you should read it. This blog is intended for the curious, for those who are wondering what goes through the mind of a po...