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how old were you
#11
RE: how old were you
It never made sense, I only did it to please my father because that was my only connection with him.
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#12
RE: how old were you
(January 24, 2015 at 5:45 am)jackson Wrote: What age were you when God stopped making any sense?
If you mean when did the myths that we were taught stop making sense, for example Christianity in my case, then that would be around the age of 8, when I was taught on the one hand at the beginning of the earth there was Adam and Eve, while also being taught that millions of years ago dinosaurs where on earth in the same classroom.
The very start of learning about Islam didn't make sense to me, when people say they have a book from god, via an angel, who spoke to Muhammad, who wrote it all down in Arabic for me to read, but can never be translated properly.

On the other hand I've never given God outside of religion much thought, it's impossible to prove if he exists or not so it would be a waste of time to consider.


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#13
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(January 24, 2015 at 5:45 am)jackson Wrote: What age were you when God stopped making any sense?

Stopped making much sense to me around age 15-ish (read the Bible), completely stopped making sense to me around 35-ish (took a course on logical fallacies).
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#14
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I started with the concept that religion is synonymous to "nonsense", god came into the picture later and immediately got kicked out.
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#15
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kinda felt the logical and moral conflicts in the Quran sense day one, but always said to myself "he's god, he probably knows what he's doing" , but became an atheist at age 21 .
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#16
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Really never made sense even when i quit i was around 8-9 years old around my bday i was like fuck... this isn't real.
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#17
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Despite having never been a believer, I've never had trouble figuring out why it makes sense to those that do. They'll tell you all about it, even when they don't realize it, and even when it has nothing to do with the words that are actually coming out of their mouths. Ask yourself this, ever seen anyone argue for god on it's own merits? I haven't...it always gets attached to some other thing, they argue for that other thing, then conclude god. That other thing is what makes sense, the implications to those other things, that's god - to them-.
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#18
RE: how old were you
About 9
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#19
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(January 24, 2015 at 9:39 am)Rhythm Wrote: Despite having never been a believer, I've never had trouble figuring out why it makes sense to those that do. They'll tell you all about it, even when they don't realize it, and even when it has nothing to do with the words that are actually coming out of their mouths. Ask yourself this, ever seen anyone argue for god on it's own merits? I haven't...it always gets attached to some other thing, they argue for that other thing, then conclude god. That other thing is what makes sense, the implications to those other things, that's god - to them-.

You cannot figure out a belief system that one is forced to believe or blindly chooses too. I guess its the chemicals in the brain that make them feel good to believe.
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#20
RE: how old were you
I became an official atheist (secret decoder ring and all) around 11. But to answer your question, God stopped making sense around 8 when I asked 'if God made us, who made God?' to my parents and they couldn't give me a solid answer.
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