RE: Considering atheism [Currently Christian]
July 8, 2017 at 5:01 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2017 at 5:06 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 8, 2017 at 3:58 pm)*Deidre* Wrote:(July 8, 2017 at 3:37 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Oh I;m sure..it's just a continuous "you read -this-....and came to -that-?" wtf moment - for me. You know?
I just realized who you are lol looking at your name change.
And yes, probably. I will say that I envy people who grew up without any religious parenting or guidance whatsoever because what we are taught as kids no matter how hard we try, there's always a slight residue left over. (when it comes to the negative stuff)
Oh, my mom is a -complete- wooster...crystal healing and pagan gods, reads the cards..the whole bit. She burns twigs to purge ghosts, lol. My family is a mix of catholics, baptists, and literal bible salesman. I went to a private school operated by the church. I can draw down the godhead in a ritual circle, perform sympathetic magic, plumb the catechism, and recite the bible from memory. My power went out last night in the big storm..and I spent two hours recounting norse creation myths and danish hero legends to my kids to keep them entertained. I sing hymns beautifully and with conviction.
I got alot of religious guidance.
It just never took..or it took so well in whole that I could very accurately see that all of these different traditions..purportedly about gods..were about human beings. I suppose it helped that while my family had plenty of religion they lacked the compulsion to religion urge.
Or, at least..that's what I think happened....could have been in the milk. There was alot of fluoride in the water too...maybe, in addition to making frogs gay it turns people into atheists?
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