RE: What kind of atheist are you?
April 14, 2013 at 3:12 pm
(This post was last modified: April 14, 2013 at 3:13 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 14, 2013 at 12:48 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: Was never baptised, god was never talked about except at school, never really believed that it was ever anything but a bunch of bullshit.
When I was very, very small my grandmother sent me to sunday school "to meet other kids" and I remember being positively dumbfounded - I think it was something about the coat of many colors, when I was asked and related the story - in no uncertain terms as a story- and got a bunch of uncomfortable looks. It was difficult for me then (as it is now) to fathom why anyone would balk at a story, or an explicit mention of the narrative as such.
I'm the kind of atheist who has always been an atheist - and god wasn't "a thing" in my upbringing. I still enjoy the stories for stories sake - probably more-so when I was a child (I've read better stories since). I do recall really liking the pamphlets. Lots of nice pastel illustrations (I still enjoy the watchtowers presentation- had a childhood friend that apprenticed at one of the printing houses in NY, apparently).
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