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Atheists & Agnostics

Auggie

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4. Mom

Reply to ItsjustMe (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 11:27 AM

Mar 2022

Mom encouraged my brother and I to read and be curious. We delved into science, and loved reading about evolution—dinosaurs and early hominids especially. There was no room for faith as I embraced facts over myths. Around the age of eight or nine I morphed from "agnostic" to "atheist," (a term I don't care for BTW). Ironically, my mother has been a devout Christian for most of her 93 years.

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Why Am I An Atheist? [View all] ItsjustMe Mar 2022 OP

I cannot pin point the reason for my atheism Farmer-Rick Mar 2022 #1

The thing that makes us human is the awareness of our own mortality. Religion tries to destroy that Walleye Mar 2022 #2

I can pinpoint exactly when I became an atheist. LakeArenal Mar 2022 #3

Mom Auggie Mar 2022 #4

Mom Warpy Mar 2022 #5

I was raised in a Southern Protestant church. Chainfire Mar 2022 #6