Like others I would argue I was born an atheist and my parents attempted to indoctrinate me into being a Christian.
As a child the most invasive influence of religion came from my father. He never really lived by any of the things that he claimed Christianity represented but he made sure to try to shove Bible verses down my throat whenever he had the chance. He told me that when he was in his twenties that god spoke to him and that that moment pretty much made him 100% sure that god was real.
He always regurgitated bullshit he heard on the 700 club to me and my brothers when we were little.
At 14 I got into sex, drugs and rock n roll (though growing up we listened more to hip hop and R&B more than anything). Those years were filled with a lot of rebellion and questioning of authority, along with a lot of self examination. I went from being an agnostic theist to an agnostic deist... then I began identifying as "agnostic" in my late teens... I believe around 18 I finally started identifying as an atheist but still considered myself to be somewhat spiritual as a person.
I got into Buddhism for a short amount of time around 20 or 21 years old, mainly because I was really into meditation and mindfulness. Though still an atheist (like many Buddhists) I read a lot of Buddhist texts and practiced meditation on a daily basis... but after reading more into things I realized that Buddhism is filled with just as much nonsense and silliness as any of the other religions were out there. After wrestling with myself for a little bit I realized that not only was I an atheist but I was absolutely not at all a spiritual person.
I started reading The Satanic Bible among other Satanic texts around 21 or 22 and I realized that I have been a Satanist my entire life.
I'm 24 now and my life has never been better.
As a child the most invasive influence of religion came from my father. He never really lived by any of the things that he claimed Christianity represented but he made sure to try to shove Bible verses down my throat whenever he had the chance. He told me that when he was in his twenties that god spoke to him and that that moment pretty much made him 100% sure that god was real.
He always regurgitated bullshit he heard on the 700 club to me and my brothers when we were little.
At 14 I got into sex, drugs and rock n roll (though growing up we listened more to hip hop and R&B more than anything). Those years were filled with a lot of rebellion and questioning of authority, along with a lot of self examination. I went from being an agnostic theist to an agnostic deist... then I began identifying as "agnostic" in my late teens... I believe around 18 I finally started identifying as an atheist but still considered myself to be somewhat spiritual as a person.
I got into Buddhism for a short amount of time around 20 or 21 years old, mainly because I was really into meditation and mindfulness. Though still an atheist (like many Buddhists) I read a lot of Buddhist texts and practiced meditation on a daily basis... but after reading more into things I realized that Buddhism is filled with just as much nonsense and silliness as any of the other religions were out there. After wrestling with myself for a little bit I realized that not only was I an atheist but I was absolutely not at all a spiritual person.
I started reading The Satanic Bible among other Satanic texts around 21 or 22 and I realized that I have been a Satanist my entire life.
I'm 24 now and my life has never been better.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
