RE: Atheism at age 10?
February 16, 2016 at 4:49 am
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2016 at 4:57 am by Alex K.)
I was probably about 13 when I started clearly expressing (to myself at first, to everyone when puberty hit 
) the conviction that the Christian God does not exist. Before that, I vaguely tried to believe in one and pray (though rarely) because I was brought up in a very mainstream protestant environment. I am not sure how much of a believer I really was, but I think before that age it simply didn't occur to me that the existence of God was something I could have my own opinion about. Christianity was so much taken for granted at least superficially by everyone around me that I didn't question it. I think important influences for me were my early fascination with technology, my dad's insistence that Hell was a made up story, and the science he explained to me as a child (he worked as a biology teacher). I think he told me about evolution and the big bang when I was about 10.
) the conviction that the Christian God does not exist. Before that, I vaguely tried to believe in one and pray (though rarely) because I was brought up in a very mainstream protestant environment. I am not sure how much of a believer I really was, but I think before that age it simply didn't occur to me that the existence of God was something I could have my own opinion about. Christianity was so much taken for granted at least superficially by everyone around me that I didn't question it. I think important influences for me were my early fascination with technology, my dad's insistence that Hell was a made up story, and the science he explained to me as a child (he worked as a biology teacher). I think he told me about evolution and the big bang when I was about 10.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
