As I said in response to your comment on my blogspot, it is so vital for conversation between worldview constructs for me to lay a foundation about what I mean when I use the word Christian because what you describe and what I am talking about when I say “Christian” are two very different things.

I do not seek to defend any religion. (See my blog Common Ground) Nor do I seek to attack any religion. For I think all people have a degree of truth in their worldview no matter their belief system. Some have more than others. Truth is what corresponds to reality. I think a part of all belief systems correspond to what is or no one would believe it at all.

How can we examine what is true or false unless we lay it out there for examination? I want to unpack beliefs from being personal truths to see if they really line up with reality for if our personal truth claims don’t measure up to reality then there is no use continuing to maintain them.

You obviously believe atheism corresponds with reality and Christianity does not. Let’s unpack that idea on both our sides to see how each contributes reasonable explanations of the world we live in.

“always recognized you as a scientific genius, if you will”

Did I expect my IP address to go blindly into cyberspace?

What are you hoping “to learn more” about? I explained my deconversion here, and I’ll be glad to answer any follow-up questions you might have.

“also” may be the word incorrectly inserted in that sentence in my original message as I presumed (possibly incorrectly) that you felt the same as I possibly prompting your “deconversion”.

Unfortunately, I do not feel best qualified to converse about topics such as deconversion, especially since religion is a very personal topic and each individual has different experiences with religion. I was simply just hoping to learn more (and maybe attempting to voice that through my post).

Maybe at this point something you can touch on in future posts? I see some posts categorized under “rant”… Maybe a post that would never fall under such a category?

Regards

I’m not sure how you could have been reading my blog for 2-3 years, since I started it just last June.

If you’d care to identify yourself, I’d be glad to have a conversation with you regarding my deconversion, or anything else that’s on your mind.

I disagree with your characterization that I have a “very negative worldview and negative view of those around [me]” and would ask that you support that assertion.

I must say, I’ve read your blog from afar for about 2-3 years. I’ve known you for quite a long time, though we never developed a friendship. I do not know what your opinion is of me, though i would suggest you know less about me than really required to make that judgment. Furthermore, we both probably have made the same judgments of others in our lives.

I remember some very positive things from you, and always recognized you as a scientific genius, if you will. However, though I am not as good at the hardcore science stuff as you, I have continuously questioned at which point you may have begun to develop this worldview. I have at times also had a very negative worldview and negative view of those around me, much of which is a result of events in my youth.

I wish you the best.

I do not need a response (though I likely expect one ;-).