Were you religiously affiliated before becoming atheist?
Were you religiously affiliated before becoming atheist?
Hi, to counteract all the memes here, I want to start a discussion. Maybe answer the question I asked and tell why you "lost faith".
Lets start with myself. I went to a catholic church as a child, my mothers parents are devout christians, my father is atheist as long as I know. After the elder in the community bullied a very nice priest away when i was around 10, I stopped going to church. I never joined the church as full member as you have to do a confirmation as a late teen and left the church when I was around 20. And now even my mother left the church, so she does not have to pay taxes to them. My Grandparents don't know this, I think my Grandpa would die of an hearth attack, if he ever found out.
So I would say I never had "faith", it was just routine that you went to church.
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All family was religious, but i grew up just barely avoiding a christian lifestyle. Never read a bible or anything, dont care. Since I was young I've been skeptical of religion since it wasn't forced down my throat. The end result was a lot of religious and philosophical exploration.
These days I tend to hover between absurdism, satanism, and zen. I feel great to be so free in my beliefs! Definitely a good time for athiests to be alive (at least where I live).