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[Pat Mustard]

You should be fine here.  We do have some theists that pop in now and then and as in most communities there are some scuffles at times.

You aren't the only former Catholic here.  In fact, I was raised Catholic.

Many here came out of religious backgrounds.  Find a topic and join in.  We have everything here from the serious to the ludicrous.

Welcome Woof.

The wife is cafeteria catholic which I find tolerable.

Thanks.  I'm "culturally Catholic" although I no longer subscribe to their religion.  I'm not even sure whether to call myself a theist (the definition seems to vary between sources). The best label for my views, as indicated in my profile, is "skeptic."  Or - I once saw a bumper sticker that said "MILITANT AGNOSTIC - I DON'T KNOW AND YOU DON'T EITHER."  That's pretty close to me as well, lol.  

I enjoy watching several self-described Atheists on YouTube, including Genetically Modified Skeptic and Alex O'Connor.

A theist is somebody who believes in a specific god or pantheon, a deist is somebody who bleives in a non-specific god or non-interventioning god, a pantheist is somebody who believes the sum total of the universe is god and every part of it is a part of god. An atheist has no god belief.

A gnostic thinks they know that their god position is right, an agnostic does not know if it is right or not. You'll find that the vast majority of believers and non-believers alike are agnostic* if their position is honestly examined.

*To an extent; you can be gnostic on certain areas yet agnostic over all. When talking about the abrahamic god I'm a gnodtic atheist, but when talking wbout gods generically I'm an agnostic atheist.