Oh, god, another one.... nope, there's several... alright, no more Mr. Nice Atheist;
In my opinion, it's one thing to not agree with organizations that impose certain rules upon it's members, but it's quite another to turn one's back on God Himself because of disagreements.
Yup, I agree, finding out an organisation is fake and finding out the theory of god is false are two different things. Well done.
Is there not still some Higher Power out there who has the best interest of humans at heart?
No, there is no higher power out there. You want a discussion about it? Go ahead, make my day. Start of by giving me some proof of this higher power.
How can it be denied, especially in these terrible times, that something or someone is gonna have to step in and take over and end this havoc.
Yes, times are so terrible that, worldwide, heath care is better, life-spans longer, education more available, and sexual equality more established than EVER before. Stop sounding like a Watchtower article and cite some facts rather than your fact distorting buffonery. People who say things like that are staring at bad trees in a forest that is in better shape than ever before.
I'll ignore the rest of the post as it builds upon the dumb assumptions I've responded too above.
Please, would all of you fundies and theists take your offensive assumption that we atheists 'throw the baby out with the bath water', or stop believeing in god because we were JW's and have our faith shattered, and put it out with the trash where it belongs.
I don't believe in god because there is no evidence. No other reason. Give me some decent evidence, I'll believe.
I'll give you an equally offensive assumption.
I think that people who are xJW's and still believe in any form caring, concerened god have failed to completely rebuild their world-view. Having been fed a sack of shit by the JW's, they empty out half of it (the JW stuff), and carry on eating the rest (the god who cares stuff), but it is still shit. They are basing their life upon an unsupported theory, as they are too lazy to learn, or so badly educated they don't understand the evidence for a godless Universe, or are so scared of their existence ending with their last breath they'll perform conceptual back-flips to retain their belief in god and hope of an afterlife.
If you don't like it, see what RR says "... you don't need to be polite ... this is about TRUTH and TRUTH hurts."
I do hope you like getting paid in the same coin.
As for those of you trying to sell your religion to people recovering from a cult, well, that speaks of your morality, doesn't it? Selling soap when you're covered in dirt is NOT a moral high ground. The advice by Refiners Fire is apt, although I don't know if they realise it
'If you still yearn for belief I recommend you stop thinking so much'
Yup, the only way I could believe in god is if I stopped thinking. If god gave me this brain, and wants me to stop using it, then the Universe is absurd, and god is an asshole.
People living in glass paradigms shouldn't throw stones...
