YesIAMJames
New Member
Hey guys and girls,
So I've been on here for a couple of days now and thought it was about time to formally introduce myself and tell you guys a bit about myself. My name is James and my youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/YesIamJames?feature=mhum
I was brought up Christian (C of E) and my great grandfather was a priest. He was a great man though, he believed in evolution and apparently admitted that genesis was bull shit. Since I could talk I had a very strong interest in science, my favorite present as a kid was "the way things work" which really spurred my imagination and curiosity. By 12 I believed in God but just thought of Jesus as a wise man. It wasn't until I was about 17 when I became agnostic and at 22 I rejected the belief in anything supernatural.
I began speaking out against religion when I joined a site called Yedda (now aolanswers). Christianity in England is pretty liberal and I was absolutely shocked at how fundamentalist and hateful some of the people on there were. I received comments "like all atheists want to do is reenact the holocaust" and "atheists are the least educated liars who ever ran a concentration camp under the atheists, Hitler, Mengele, and Hess. All atheists are bloodthirsty tyrants". Even many people on the site who I considered rational rejected evolution. It was this which triggered me to really start researching religion and the more I researched the more damaging I realized religion is.
http://aolanswers.com/people/1866111145210 (one of the worst creationist trolls on there)
I've been speaking out about religion and irrationality ever since. At the moment I'm just a dogs body but I'd love to get a job in science in the future and hopefully get an income from Youtube as well (long way off yet).
So I've been on here for a couple of days now and thought it was about time to formally introduce myself and tell you guys a bit about myself. My name is James and my youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/user/YesIamJames?feature=mhum
I was brought up Christian (C of E) and my great grandfather was a priest. He was a great man though, he believed in evolution and apparently admitted that genesis was bull shit. Since I could talk I had a very strong interest in science, my favorite present as a kid was "the way things work" which really spurred my imagination and curiosity. By 12 I believed in God but just thought of Jesus as a wise man. It wasn't until I was about 17 when I became agnostic and at 22 I rejected the belief in anything supernatural.
I began speaking out against religion when I joined a site called Yedda (now aolanswers). Christianity in England is pretty liberal and I was absolutely shocked at how fundamentalist and hateful some of the people on there were. I received comments "like all atheists want to do is reenact the holocaust" and "atheists are the least educated liars who ever ran a concentration camp under the atheists, Hitler, Mengele, and Hess. All atheists are bloodthirsty tyrants". Even many people on the site who I considered rational rejected evolution. It was this which triggered me to really start researching religion and the more I researched the more damaging I realized religion is.
http://aolanswers.com/people/1866111145210 (one of the worst creationist trolls on there)
I've been speaking out about religion and irrationality ever since. At the moment I'm just a dogs body but I'd love to get a job in science in the future and hopefully get an income from Youtube as well (long way off yet).
