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Do you ever miss it?
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RE: Do you ever miss it?
I didn't ever enjoy church.
I always felt guilty for questioning if maybe the church had it wrong about homosexuals.
I felt guilty about myself being sometimes attracted to men.
I kept wondering why a god would invent prayer if it knew everything already and was omnipresent and omnipotent
I was often suicidal and depressed (and I still am sometimes, but to a much much lesser degree)
yet for all of that, I believed until I turned approx 17 and then I was doubting myself, I became a "Buddhist atheist" at 18, at 19 a skeptic-agnostic and then at 20-22 I began to consider myself an atheist.

I never got comfort from church when I was a child.
I used to live with a friend later in life (late teens), and we went to church Wednesday nights
I went just to humor him, as I was really doubtful of it all by that time.

But no, I can't say I miss it at all. There were attractive people, I guess I miss them? haha
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Do you ever miss it? - by Freedom - December 24, 2011 at 12:02 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Erinome - December 24, 2011 at 12:17 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by houseofcantor - December 24, 2011 at 1:57 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Minimalist - December 24, 2011 at 2:00 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by The Grand Nudger - December 24, 2011 at 2:01 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Welsh cake - December 24, 2011 at 2:11 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Diamond - December 24, 2011 at 2:27 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by 8BitAtheist - December 24, 2011 at 3:57 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by helmespc - December 24, 2011 at 5:16 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by downbeatplumb - December 24, 2011 at 5:23 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Jackalope - December 24, 2011 at 5:36 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Erinome - December 24, 2011 at 6:21 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by houseofcantor - December 24, 2011 at 9:50 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by zip_ster - December 24, 2011 at 3:31 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by LarissaAnn - December 30, 2011 at 5:31 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Aegrus - December 30, 2011 at 7:03 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Ziploc Surprise - December 31, 2011 at 12:00 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by HarryStanluv25 - January 3, 2012 at 4:23 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by houseofcantor - January 4, 2012 at 7:36 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by KichigaiNeko - January 4, 2012 at 8:33 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by rubikscube - January 4, 2012 at 10:47 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Mister Agenda - January 4, 2012 at 7:32 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by LarissaAnn - January 4, 2012 at 7:58 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Ziploc Surprise - January 6, 2012 at 12:08 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Doubting Thomas - January 6, 2012 at 4:55 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Ziploc Surprise - January 10, 2012 at 11:59 am
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by frankiej - January 6, 2012 at 4:59 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Doubting Thomas - January 10, 2012 at 12:01 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Minimalist - January 10, 2012 at 12:25 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Ziploc Surprise - January 10, 2012 at 3:31 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Doubting Thomas - January 10, 2012 at 5:32 pm
RE: Do you ever miss it? - by Ziploc Surprise - January 10, 2012 at 6:59 pm

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