(December 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: 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.
When I was a child I did believe. But then there was a time when I also believed in the tooth fairy and santa clause... So...
But you are correct. As I grew I lost my faith! It became impossible to accept stories of magic and miracles when the only proof offered was the demand that I have faith! Sorry, not good enough.. Plus, when I try to imagine myself as a being (such as the biblical God), it seems impossible that of all the things I would choose to do is create beings for no other purpose than to worship me! Sounds more like an egotistical dictator, kind of like the ones who perpetuated Religion in the first place!
So there lies the biggest problem to me with Religion. Forget the Adam and Eve Vs Evolution, it is the idea of an Omnipotent Despot! I just cannot accept it, and the rest just falls apart under scrutiny anyway..
