RE: nother newbie
December 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2009 at 11:19 pm by fr0d0.)
No Amph. Like Arcanus used to say in his sig: Reading Dawkins on religion is like reading Ray Comfort on evolution. Dawkins is ignorant on the subject.
Yeah you went through the motions and are joined at the hip to Catholics. You've never once said there that you rationally believed. I know loads of people that are very knowledgeable about religions and Christianity in particular. That says bugger all about their faith tho'.
My story would be very similar to yours, except my family weren't believers. I was sent to sunday school, went through RE classes and decided I was an atheist. Never ever tho' would I say I was ever a Christian.. I had no concept of what that meant. Yeah I prayed for stuff for Xmas etc.. but I never ever understood what it was to believe in God or why anyone should.
(December 19, 2009 at 9:21 pm)Northerner Wrote: Oh, but I did practice as a Catholic when I was younger. I recall going to church with school friends on a Sunday, then spending a few hours in the social club at the back of the church drinking coca cola and playing snooker.. At the time that was a good day, and the odd teacher from school would see us and we would get a few brownie points in school for being good boys.
I was also noted for being knowledgeable in Religious Education, although I did upset my teacher sometimes with questions he could not answer. But for years after I left school I became apathetic about Religion, joking that on my death bed I will receive last rites and go to heaven like a good Catholic..
I think it was 9/11 that made me more aware and prompted me to become more outspoken as an Atheist. After all, I seem to have one of those faces that makes people try to convert me, so I am only too happy to continue the conversation for a few hours until the other person gives up or I get too tired and go home.
I have religious friends, some of them Muslim. My girlfriend is a devout Catholic! And I have family members who go to Church every day.. I know religion, I even once tried to believe. But I am unable to accept it any longer..
Yeah you went through the motions and are joined at the hip to Catholics. You've never once said there that you rationally believed. I know loads of people that are very knowledgeable about religions and Christianity in particular. That says bugger all about their faith tho'.
My story would be very similar to yours, except my family weren't believers. I was sent to sunday school, went through RE classes and decided I was an atheist. Never ever tho' would I say I was ever a Christian.. I had no concept of what that meant. Yeah I prayed for stuff for Xmas etc.. but I never ever understood what it was to believe in God or why anyone should.
