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how old were you
#1
how old were you
What age were you when God stopped making any sense?
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#2
RE: how old were you
God never made sense.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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#3
RE: how old were you
Before I stopped believing in Santa Claus. At least there was some physical evidence of Santa.

Actually I think the concept of being good and getting rewards does make sense to a child (be it Santa or religion) with limited critical thinking skills, but it really shouldn't to adult. Despite this most religions are based on the exact same concept as Santa, albeit with imaginary rewards.
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#4
RE: how old were you
God never made sense to me. Became an atheist somewhere between 23-25.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:

"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."

For context, this is the previous verse:

"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
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(January 24, 2015 at 5:45 am)jackson Wrote: What age were you when God stopped making any sense?

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"Peace is a lie, there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken."
Sith code
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#6
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Never made sense. Still doesn't. No meaningful definition has ever been put forward to me of what a "God" is.
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#7
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changed from Methodist to UU around age 23. They put all kinds of odd notions in my head! That was 1980.

Hit 12 Steppers in 1986, and that is when HIV started killing my tribe. I suppose my transition to atheism was very gradual. If I wanted to put a date on it it would be during Brian's funeral, 1989.

Didn't get pissy about til the internet got big. Tongue
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#8
RE: how old were you
Around 12
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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I have always been an atheist.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
Professional Watcher of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report!
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RE: how old were you
About 16. I didn't like much of the rituals even before then.
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.

Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.

Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.

Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.

Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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