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In reply to the discussion: At what age did you become an atheist/agnostic? And what brought that about? [View all]
sybylla
(8,655 posts)23. About 8. When professional wrestling would come on TV after the church programs Sunday mornings.
They all seemed to be the same thing to me: fake as fuck. Edited to add that I used to look around at family members and think, "you people believe this shit?"
It also helped when about a year or two before the Catholic church pissed off my grandparents and we never went to church again. My uncle wanted an annulment and the church wouldn't grant it without a substantial (read unaffordable) "payment" along with it. My grandfather said at the time that it appears he can worship God just a well in a boat fishing on Sunday mornings as he could in a church that was only in it for the money.
You don't fuck with people's kids and expect them to take it.
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At what age did you become an atheist/agnostic? And what brought that about? [View all]
Bundbuster
May 2024
OP
About 25 years of age. I got tired of it being crammed down my throat AND
Ferrets are Cool
May 2024
#3
Due to family, church people, and friends' pressure, I joined the church and was baptized when I was thirteen years old.
spike jones
May 2024
#7
As George Carlin said, "I was a Catholic, until I hit the age of reason." (paraphrasing)
alwaysinasnit
May 2024
#10
Age: 21. Occasion: The night my 19 year old brother died in a car wreck.
watrwefitinfor
May 2024
#16
LOL - my atheist father would throw me a smirk as he read the Sunday paper on the couch
Bundbuster
May 2024
#21
About 8. When professional wrestling would come on TV after the church programs Sunday mornings.
sybylla
May 2024
#23
I went to Catholic School. If you weren't Catholic you couldn't go to heaven.
twodogsbarking
May 2024
#24
I was 12. When my dad died. I hadn't been brainwashed, indoctrinated or groomed in anyway before that and ever
brewens
May 2024
#26
Always. First time I had the concept of god explained to me I said "what the f*ck is this sh*t?"
unblock
May 2024
#27
...made up this religion so he could divorce his wife to marry his pregnant girlfriend, who he later had beheaded.
Bundbuster
May 2024
#44
I think it was probably about 13 or 14...I grew up in the First Baptist Church
walkingman
May 2024
#34
I was a skeptic before I was a teenager, and a card-carrying atheist by around 15.
Chainfire
May 2024
#51
Seeing the control of repukes in the White House since 2000 I have become more agnostic!
kimbutgar
May 2024
#55
Would a weekly newsletter on the weirdness of religion in the world be appropriate here?
Ranting Randy
Jul 2024
#65
i think that age as well.. i have a memory of 'discussing' heaven with a friend and i...
samnsara
Aug 2024
#66