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How old were you when you became athiest?

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How old were you when you became athiest?
iameatingjam Offline
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How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 9:40 pm
I was raised Christian, but I remember asking a lot of questions and having some doubts when I was about 8... Why did all the biblical stories stop? Why doesn't god do magical things that prove he exists today?

I then logically concluded at age 11 that there probably isn't a god, and then I came to a realization that there is no afterlife and I was going to rot in a hole in the ground after I die and that was it. This was very scary for me but I got over it...

Next thing I remember is being 12 and my friends I would all make fun of religion, we would talk about how stupid the stories in the bible are how ridiculous the whole concept is.

I don't consider myself a smart person, by any means... But I had no Richard dawkins growing up, I was raised to believe that god exists and I rejected the idea on my own when I was 11!! I don't understand how full grown adults can believe this stuff, not to mention politicians!? People who run my country, and others, I just don't get it!

Anywho, this made me curious. How old were you fellow athiests, when you saw the truth?
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 9:44 pm
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Adding characters for the sake of adding characters. Damn you, Tiberius, and your spammer traps.
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 9:47 pm
This fella was an atheist fresh fae the womb.
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 9:48 pm
Welcome Smile

I never really got brought up in a way that involved religion. No deconversion for me. Although I was absolutely terrified of ghosts and aliens once upon a time. I had a pretty strange imagination.
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 9:57 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2013 at 9:58 pm by Gilgamesh.)
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 9:59 pm
I'm sorry, I didn't realize this had already been discussed so much. My searches did come up with anything but then I viewed a few topics and saw that it had. I think thats what you are all trying to say ???
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 10:00 pm (This post was last modified: January 31, 2013 at 10:01 pm by Gilgamesh.)
I'm saying I became an atheist when I was 0. I was born not believing any of the god claims were true and it has been that way forever.
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 10:06 pm
Interesting. Do you ever remember considering them true, even at a young age? Did you have any religious influences?
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RE: How old were you when you became athiest?
January 31, 2013 at 10:26 pm
(January 31, 2013 at 10:06 pm)iameatingjam Wrote: Interesting. Do you ever remember considering them true, even at a young age? Did you have any religious influences?

Do you remember birth? Thinking
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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January 31, 2013 at 10:43 pm
obviously. how else would I know it happened?
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