Atheism just quickly became a religion of it's own for the "enlightened".

I figured out there was no god all on my own as a kid. I don't need to join any sort of organization to strengthen that belief or try to convert others around me. I mean what are we all going to tithe to the church of atheism? they are just trying to keep all of the formal religious aspects, but based on a new set of tenants and principles. I would rather the concept of religion just die.

Did anyone here actually go to church regularly? Because we did, as a family, before my parents got divorced (I was baptized Catholic) and I always felt really uncomfortable about it - like I was helping someone (adults) to lie but had to keep doing it because, well, you just do what's expected of you by your elders when you're a kid.

It really just felt wrong/off, and I remember feeling ashamed of "playing along" with it, knowing somehow it was all bullshit. I dunno, hard to describe, but I always felt fuckin weird and that what I was doing was not right when I went to church. I also remember being in Sunday school and thinking how embarrassing it was that the teacher wanted me to play stupid along with everyone else. Jesus it was truly awful.

Kids know what the fuck is up.

I went to Catholic school grades 1-4. First day of school I walked into the classroom in regular clothes while everyone else was wearing uniforms. That was the first sign of the things to come, lol.

Although I don't believe in God, I don't like to classify myself as an atheist nor do I push any of my thoughts on religion onto others. It is what it is. I don't even think about it, really. Unless I hear someone around me spewing something about Jesus and the rest of it. All that does, though, is give me a moment to 'thank God I'm me' and move on.

People have to find their own way to 'ideological' salvation. Ha.

My father didn't actually believe in God and I'm sure experiencing/fighting in the revolution had a lot to do with that. It was my mother who was eternally searching for something, and no doubt mine and my sister's baptism and all the church bullshit was her doing. My sister was pulled from Catholic school and put into public school along with me when I started kindergarten 3 years behind her. Yet we still went to fuckin church! Ugh!

Same here. Although my father is a religious scholar, he doesn't believe in a God. I guess that makes sense if you're going to study the world's religions, duh.

Me being in Catholic school was my mom's choice. I think she felt pressure from my grandparents to do it. Everyone in my fam was new to America at that time and that side of the family was still relatively religious (we're Polish and Pope John Paul is considered Jesus himself in Poland; it's insane). Once he died, they basically stopped giving a shit about religion and became the typical Catholic in this country who believes when it suits them best.

I think now they just go for Christmas and Easter masses, lol. Oh, and my mom still does cooks fish on Fridays during lent.

So I guess you could say my family has evolved since moving from Poland

When I was really young, my primary feeling at church was boredom. My bother and I used to draw on those visitor cards in the pews with the little pencils that were provided and pass them to each other.

Rather than seeing it as a trend, maybe people are finally smart enough not to believe children's stories.

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Actually, they are adults' stories. And adults use them to try and brainwash children to be better manipulated as adults. Funny, isn't it?

There are no female atheists in the bedroom.

hitchen's was a prick as well. in fact all these atheist spokesmen are ****s.

they are running a racket just the same as the churches and jessie jackson etc are.

I'm not an atheist, and I believe that Dawkins in particular is a complete asshole that wants to insult religious people into becoming atheists.

But, if any of you atheists want to listen to an atheist that is actually smart (scary smart, in fact) you should check out this Australian philosopher named Graham Oppy.

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