I went into boys brigade many years ago. My mum isn't very religious, in fact she doesn't really give a shit about it. My dad is an atheist and they had no problem with me joining the group. It was religious but I was oblivious to that fact. My dad said he'd support me whether I believed in god or not. I did marches through London and all that. Quite fun. I became aware that it was a religious thing but stayed because I enjoyed it. Long before I already had lengthy lectures about religion and even then wasn't convinced.
I left the boys brigade because I lost interest, also it didn't feel right pretending to be someone I'm not. The only ones trying to push me into some kind of belief was the religious.
Joining up as a young child into religious groups I don't think has affected me at all, I learnt more about it and helped me in making my mind up about it. I only went to church after the march, and the marches didn't happen often. I was entirely free to make up my own mind. I walked out of that religious group as an atheist. And I had never heard of the word 'atheist'. Just didn't believe what they were telling me. Still don't despite how much I've learnt over the many years. If anything I'm more sure about my stance on the existence of god than ever before.
I left the boys brigade because I lost interest, also it didn't feel right pretending to be someone I'm not. The only ones trying to push me into some kind of belief was the religious.
Joining up as a young child into religious groups I don't think has affected me at all, I learnt more about it and helped me in making my mind up about it. I only went to church after the march, and the marches didn't happen often. I was entirely free to make up my own mind. I walked out of that religious group as an atheist. And I had never heard of the word 'atheist'. Just didn't believe what they were telling me. Still don't despite how much I've learnt over the many years. If anything I'm more sure about my stance on the existence of god than ever before.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
