Atheism = Desperation

[abaris]

Also, myself as anecdotal evidence. My parents never spoke or brought up the idea of a god or gods. Indeed I never came into contact with a serious belief In a deity until a fundie Christian teacher at my school began speaking about his belief when I was in my Tweens (maybe 7/8?).

My parents were Catholics, well sort of. They had me baptized, I went to confirmation, but they never rubbed it into my face. When I was a small child, they gave me the Patmos bible, one actually compiled for kids. I still have it, because I'm a nostalgic bastard.

What I want to say is this. If your parents are mildly religious, it may have the same effect as if they are not at all religious. My contempt for religion also originated in my school experiences. That's where I was exposed to some serious repent or go to hell shit and I decided pretty early on, that I didn't want to believe in that load of mental diarrhea. I probably was an atheist before I reached puberty, but I didn't admit it to myself until much later.