Ask Petros Agapetos anything

**Petros Agapetos** · 11-30-2016, 12:20 AM

I decided to open this thread to give you, my audience, the voice for a change.
What would you like to ask me?
Anything?

**~~Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin~~** · 11-30-2016, 12:21 AM

I see that you are an atheists. What was your religion if you had one before and what made you realize the atheists truth?

**Petros Agapetos** · 11-30-2016, 12:22 AM

My favorite kind of music thread
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...favorite-music

My favorite kind of books thread
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...favorite-books

My personal taxonomy thread
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/sho...etros-Agapetos

**Petros Agapetos** · 11-30-2016, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin

I see that you are an atheists. What was your religion if you had one before and what made you realize the atheists truth?

That's a good question.

There was never a momentous situation which tempted me in this direction. This is part of a gradual process. I am a skeptic by nature. When I apply my skepticism to religious God claims, I am unconvinced by their truth, and given the lack of evidence still, I am justified to persist in my disbelief towards the various God claims that have not been sufficiently demonstrated to be real.

I identified myself as a Christian when I was a child. I lived in Germany, where the vast majority are Lutherans and Catholics, so I was comfortable with my Christian identity then. I continued to culturally identify as a Christian until I was about 20 years old when I had the closest thing to a momentous moment I have ever had on this question. I had a conversation with my classmate, who was a protestant, and he told me that it is possible that a good person will not go to heaven because they were not Christian. That made me so mad, that it forced me to go through atheist counter-apologetics on YouTube. There I discovered "The Atheist Experience", with Matt Dilahunty, and I was set on my road to becoming an intellectually satisfied atheist. Next, I listened to folks like Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins. I consider myself a "New Atheist" and an Anti-theist. I love atheist literature.

**~~Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin~~** · 11-30-2016, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by Petros Agapetos

That's a good question.

There was never a momentous situation which tempted me in this direction. This is part of a gradual process. I am a skeptic by nature. When I apply my skepticism to religious God claims, I am unconvinced by their truth, and given the lack of evidence still, I am justified to persist in my disbelief towards the various God claims that have not been sufficiently demonstrated to be real.

I identified myself as a Christian when I was a child. I lived in Germany, where the vast majority are Lutherans and Catholics, so I was comfortable with my Christian identity then. I continued to culturally identify as a Christian until I was about 20 years old when I had the closest thing to a momentous moment I have ever had on this question. I had a conversation with my classmate, who was a protestant, and he told me that it is possible that a good person will not go to heaven because they were not Christian. That made me so mad, that it forced me to go through atheist counter-apologetics on YouTube. There I discovered "The Atheist Experience", with Matt Dilahunty, and I was set on my road to becoming an intellectually satisfied atheist. Next, I listened to folks like Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Richard Dawkins. I consider myself a "New Atheist" and an Anti-theist. I love atheist literature.

Ive never particularly read anybooks on becoming atheists. I just realized that the god concept made no sense because the world is rampant with evils and uneccessary things that happen to good people. And learning about history didnt really help see religion as any good neither. When I was young I was catholic but not a real catholic by faith. My belief in god was simply because everyone around me was a christian and its what has been told to me. I was even catholic school and recieved communion and confirmation. But I thought it would be interesting to hear your story. You seem very intelligent and so I wanted to ask. Thanks

**Petros Agapetos** · 11-30-2016, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by Taiguaitiaoghyrmmumin

Ive never particularly read anybooks on becoming atheists. I just realized that the god concept made no sense because the world is rampant with evils and uneccessary things that happen to good people. And learning about history didnt really help see religion as any good neither. When I was young I was catholic but not a real catholic by faith. My belief in god was simply because everyone around me was a christian and its what has been told to me. I was even catholic school and recieved communion and confirmation. But I thought it would be interesting to hear your story. You seem very intelligent and so I wanted to ask. Thanks

I never had faith in religion. I never even believed there was a God. Being Christian was just a cultural phase for me. But now I have found modern secular liberalism and atheistic counter-apologetics. I am firmly grounded in the truth, epistemologically speaking. And one who is right with truth, has no truth to fear.

**Annie999** · 11-30-2016, 01:13 AM

Do you have any form of autism? (Please don't take this the wrong way, it's a question out of curiosity since that's pretty common on here, not that I think you are).

**Petros Agapetos** · 11-30-2016, 01:17 AM

Originally Posted by Annie999

Do you have any form of autism? (Please don't take this the wrong way, it's a question out of curiosity since that's pretty common on here, not that I think you are).

No, I honestly don't. I don't know what could possible have left that impression on you people?
Do you find that I post too frequently? or open too many threads?

What can I do to engage the audience more. This is part of the reason why I decided to open this thread.
Is there anything I can do to improve?

**Annie999** · 11-30-2016, 02:23 AM

Originally Posted by Petros Agapetos

No, I honestly don't. I don't know what could possible have left that impression on you people?
Do you find that I post too frequently? or open too many threads?

What can I do to engage the audience more. This is part of the reason why I decided to open this thread.
Is there anything I can do to improve?

Calm down, you dont have to improve anything or prove anything to anyone. Just be yourself. and as I said, I asked out of curiosity because that's a common trait over here, that was all. (I liked your threads)