(January 24, 2016 at 3:17 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I was raised holy roller Protestant. I had to memorize a Bible passage every day and recite it before dinner.
Then I went to college and met all sorts of people. I started loving science.
I played for churches for decades, and started really listening to what all those Bible verses was saying.
And one Easter, right in the middle of a service, I realized that I just didn't buy it. I didn't believe anything of what I was hearing.
I looked into other belief systems and new-agey stuff and I realized that I just didn't believe that either.
I wanted to say that I was a Deist, for a while, and I love Buddhism and the book of the Tao -
But I really just cannot make myself believe that a deity exists. Therefore, I am an atheist.
Thank you for your candor!
I recall you mentioned you work at a Catholic Church in some capacity? What is your opinion of the people who are there ( the pastor, the church employees, parishoners etc.) Is it toxic/repressive, or are the people at all likeable?