WHAT'S REAL? GOD IS NOT

I Do Not Believe In Any Gods Religion Or The Devil. I Have Been This Way All My Life Although I Was Raised In A Religious Environment. I Was Taught About God The Bible And I Was Taught To Believe. I Was Never Taught Notto Believe By Anyonethat Was My Decision. I Made That Decision Based On What I Could And Could Not Accept. I Never Could Accept Or Believe That God Exists Even When I Knew All My Friends Did.I Could Not Mainly Because I Had Never Seen Him And Didn'T Know Anyone Who Had. I Always Thought Anyone As Big And Powerful As God Should Be Seen By Everyone. When I Was About Eighteen I Brought That Thought Up To Some Of My Friends; We Got Into A Big Disagreement Because They Said It Wasn'T About Seeing But Believing. Since I Was Outnumbered About Ten To One I Shut My Mouth. When I Was Around Them Again And They Talked About God I Wouldn'T Say Anything Or I Would Go Along With What Was Said As If I Believed But I Didn'T. Later That Same Year I Came To Terms With Myself. I Realized That I Had To Be Who I Am And Accept Only What I Can Accept. If That Meant Being The Only One Among My Friends Or The Only One In The World Who Didn'T Believe In God Then I Would Stand By What I Could Accept And Be Honest With My Friends By Telling Them. Most Important I Realized That I Must Be Honest With Myself. I Have Had Long And Short-Term Friendships Which Ended When It Was Found Out That I Didn'T Believe In God. I Have Been Called Many Namesstupid Not Normal The Devil A Lost Soul A Hypocrite Crazy And The List Goes On. I Am None Of These Things. I Am Human. One Of My Friends Called Me An Atheist When I Said That I Don'T Believe In God. The Tone And Manner In Which He Said It Made The Word Atheist Seem Like A Low And Dirty Person. Then He Added 'You Must Believe In The Devil.' After I Told Him That I Was Not An Atheist Or Agnostic I Asked Him Why He Thought I Believed In The Devil. His Answer Was 'If You Don'T Believe In God Then You Must Believe