In what age did you find out god does not exis?

[Rev. Rye]

Hello my name is Ilias, i live in Greece and im 14 years old. Personaly i stoped believe in god since last summer. In what age did you realise God does not exist? do you think that if our society was stricter about religious beliefs we would still find out or its only a few illuminated that would find out anyway? I apologise for my bad english its not my mother tongue anyway

The fact is, that I never found out that "God didn't exist." The fact is, in English, a phrasing like this implies a level of certainty that just plain does not exist, save for objects which are logically impossible (like Square Circles.) For this reason, I prefer the phrasing "Stopped believing God exists." And quite honestly, I cannot ever recall having ever been a true believer; as early as age six, I figured out that John 3:16 could essentially be boiled down to "God sacrificed himself to himself to change a rule he made himself." When I was in high school, I stopped identifying as Christian. I'm 21 now.

That said, about your second question, there is little need for speculation, and I can simply summarise what has happened; when society was stricter about religion, non-belief was either rarer, or (since absence of evidence is not evidence of absence) was less often spoken about. When society becomes more open about differing ideas, they will come out.

You are forgiven for your poor english. At least it's better than this guy's english.