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Atheists & Agnostics

trotsky

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16. I had a very ordinary upbringing in the Lutheran Church (ELCA).

Reply to Beearewhyain (Original post)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 08:26 AM

Sep 2017

So there were no traumatic experiences for me, no extreme fundamentalist crap that a lot of believers assume atheists must have had in their background.

But like Solly Mack above, it never really "made sense" to me, and I never "felt" anything either. Wanted to, hoped to, but it never happened. Felt like I was just going thru the motions. Wasn't until I got to college and started reading things that I had no idea existed (Robert Ingersoll, for instance) that I realized it was OK to see religion for the nonsense it is.

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Just curious [View all] Beearewhyain Sep 2017 OP

I survived Catholic school, realized it was twaddle Warpy Sep 2017 #1

A buddy of mine is catholic Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #6

I live in a heavily Catholic area in a heavily Catholic state Warpy Sep 2017 #9

"Flying without a net isn't for everyone" Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #12

For me it's easy, I just don't have faith. RGinNJ Sep 2017 #2

Never made sense to me. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #3

I had a "demon cast out" Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #7

No one ever wanted to cast anything out of me, so I was lucky I guess. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #8

meh, it happens Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #11

Just curious. That's it. That's how I got here. mjvpi Sep 2017 #4

There is nothing to arrive to Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #10

I had to get up early on Sat for CCD. That sucked. BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #5

Religion? safeinOhio Sep 2017 #13

My family's been atheist for generations . . . n/t MrModerate Sep 2017 #14

My situation too. Raised without religion. Voltaire2 Sep 2017 #20

Although I continued going to Catholic school Mr.Bill Sep 2017 #15

I had a very ordinary upbringing in the Lutheran Church (ELCA). trotsky Sep 2017 #16

I had a Jewish mother and Catholic father mountain grammy Sep 2017 #17

I had to spend summers at a different Bible school LakeArenal Sep 2017 #18

Parents were religious, but also thinkers FiveGoodMen Sep 2017 #19

Raised Catholic - 12 years of parochial school pretty much stopped believing as a 10th grader rurallib Sep 2017 #21

I Was Raised Catholic But I Was a Doubter at a Young Age Leith Sep 2017 #22

Speaking as one atheist adjacent agnostic... Freelancer Sep 2017 #23

Raised Catholic. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #24

Like everyone else I was born atheist, it's the default position. beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #25

For me it was when I realized Eko Sep 2017 #26

I grew up brainwashed in a family of Southern Baptist Croney Sep 2017 #27

Of all the things people say when a child dies, the god's will... 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #29

Thank you. That was 47 years ago, but of course Croney Sep 2017 #30

The agonizing raw edges soften with the passing of decades, but... 3catwoman3 Sep 2017 #34

Evangelical atheism, the bane of contemporary discourse. Sneederbunk Sep 2017 #28

How is something that doesn't exist Lordquinton Sep 2017 #31

Oh, that's a really good choice! But I'm going to have to go with Beearewhyain Sep 2017 #32

I'll keep an eye out Lordquinton Sep 2017 #35

... beam me up scottie Sep 2017 #33

So atheists should keep quiet about their lack of belief? trotsky Sep 2017 #36