I was nominally a church going Catholic. I didn't attend after leaving home until getting married and raising my kids "in the faith"- something I only did because that's how things were done in our family. I didn't actually believe when attending catechism, because of the bullshit (I say that now, I didn't argue with adults at a young age without penalty) answers I got. I finally decided that I was really an atheist in 2001. The bible is not a book about what I believe in my life beyond some practical advice which I can take or leave, as most of it is bronze age (roughly) "wisdom", and also contains all kinds of atrocious advice and stories. That and the fact that the thing doesn't match with secular history tells me all I need to know about it. Interestingly enough, my three sons are all atheists, though I did not push it at all.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
