Hi, I'm fr0d0. I live in mid Wales UK. I'm 53 and married, although separated, with two kids aged 11 and 13. I love my kids dearly and crack up if I don't see them in the week and every weekend. My wife and I are on good terms and are working it out.
My parents, the only direct family I've really known, and my maternal grandmother I guess, are/ were all atheist. My mum the only vocal atheist. My dad just generally mocked
At age 25 I became a Christian after extended conversations with a work colleague, which lead to other exploration. The year Nelsen Mandela was released I became an atheist. Lots of negativity had grown into me against my church of origin and some of the people there. I was happy at my new church but felt I needed more personal thinking space. The conversion, just like the conversion the other way, was a light switch affair. Upshot was, I became a very militant atheist. I had anger problems where I'd imagine stabbing people from my original denomination.
All this time I had Christian friends. My wife is a religious, obedient type. She pretty much bore the brunt of it. I got to a point, must be 6 to 8 years ago now, where my head was back rationalising God. That was directly as a result of discussing it at length on a tech forum, where I was confronted with full blown atheism as we know it here. So I became a Christian again. I joined Richard Dawkins forum, which was a baptism of fire, and moved here when that collapsed.
I've got some great friends here, and lots of people that I admire and cherish, from all angles on belief.
My parents, the only direct family I've really known, and my maternal grandmother I guess, are/ were all atheist. My mum the only vocal atheist. My dad just generally mocked
At age 25 I became a Christian after extended conversations with a work colleague, which lead to other exploration. The year Nelsen Mandela was released I became an atheist. Lots of negativity had grown into me against my church of origin and some of the people there. I was happy at my new church but felt I needed more personal thinking space. The conversion, just like the conversion the other way, was a light switch affair. Upshot was, I became a very militant atheist. I had anger problems where I'd imagine stabbing people from my original denomination.
All this time I had Christian friends. My wife is a religious, obedient type. She pretty much bore the brunt of it. I got to a point, must be 6 to 8 years ago now, where my head was back rationalising God. That was directly as a result of discussing it at length on a tech forum, where I was confronted with full blown atheism as we know it here. So I became a Christian again. I joined Richard Dawkins forum, which was a baptism of fire, and moved here when that collapsed.
I've got some great friends here, and lots of people that I admire and cherish, from all angles on belief.
