Hi all,

  Wanted to post a quick intro... First off, I'm a recovered RC(for around 15 years now). After having this stuff drilled into me for many years and really REALLY trying to buy into it, I'm afraid I just couldn't do it.  I knew I was lying to myself for a while but for some reason I kept trying.

 As much I wanted to have god speak to me, he never did.  I found this curious since everone kept saying god gave them guidence on this or that... I kept making excuses like maybe he doens't talk in a conventional manner, yada, yada.  Then I started looking more in depth at evolution and the claims of the bible as they relate to acutal science. I've always been a very logical person and religion and logic dont seem to mix well if you think about either of them too long.  The final confirmation for me has come after seeing the tremenous scientific evidence that explains things attributed to god and then observing the social reasons (the motive) that seem to be present in many ppl that "find god" which seems to explain why religion seems necessary and why it has propogated so profusely. 

Now pretty much I sit around and cringe every time major decisions are made in response to imaginary beings. 

Anyways, nice to be here (saw the blasphemy challenge piece and decided to check the site out and found there are many like minded ppl here).