Ages of Athiests

[Darwinian]

I suppose I'd better weigh in here to balance the results a bit. Staggering as it may seem I'm 47

[Brian37]

"Older atheists", I am 47, I think that is slightly higher than 25.

[Doubting Thomas]

I'm 42. I gave up religion at age 30.

It's true that older people tend to be more religious, and if you go to a church service you'll see that most of the people there are older, like 50+. And the younger generation tends to be less religious. This is what gives me hope for the future, because once the older religious people die off, there will be less need for religion in our society.

[mostlysilent]

I'm 40. Been an atheist my whole life. Both parents are atheists. I think the reason I'm not out front and center about is it because we lived in the southern US growing up and it just wasn't cool to say you didn't believe in the lord Jesus back then. Still isn't but was even worse then. So I grew up in an environment where you "keep quiet".

[Zazzy]

42 here and hating it. My eyelids fell down last week. On Monday they were fine, and on Tuesday they were old. Horrible.

My grandfather was a lifelong atheist and anti-theist until he died at 101, and he had a pretty cranky group of old non-believing friends. He couldn't figure out the internet, though, so you would not have seen him. Plus, he would have thought this much talking about religion was giving it too much credit.

[popeyespappy]

Part of the over 50 crowd here. My folks aren't religious. We never went to church, and I never gave religion or god much thought until I took a history of religion class for a humanities elective sometime in my early thirties. That class made me realize all religions were invented by people, and there is probably no god. Interestingly enough that is the exact same way my brother got to the atheist position.

[Bad Wolf]

See It just makes me think that perhaps my athiesm is because I havent the knowledge to believe - Where as as a I grow older I will understand I dont need this knowledge?

Knowledge is a subset of belief. As humans we believe things before we know them. We can't help it. Most of the time we don't wait for knowledge and then believe, its the other way around. Beliefs are more important because we act on them. Matt Dillahunty explains this quite well

[Minimalist]

64 yesterday.

1 more year to Medicare!

[max-greece]

Well if we are in competition my Dad is atheist and he's 75 but he doesn't do internet forums as far as I know - just the normal Porn stuff probably.

[Fruity]

28!
I know of many great members here who do not fit your description. They happen to be some of my favorite! Look again.