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God thing was worked around with 1065 replies so far, so I will refrain from adding another slant on the issue there.
However I wander how does it happen that a person is/becomes an atheist?

As 8 years old bloke asked my father if there is crowd in the sky with all the gods?
At the time I read books about Native American gods, ancient Egypt gods, gods in India, Japan.
 
I was always skeptical of religion. At about age 12 I learned about the concept of atheism and saw that it wasn't necessary to believe in God.

Since then I've officially been an atheist, but you could probably say I've been an atheist since birth.
 
when i was 9 my bike got stolen

i prayed and prayed for a new one for my birthday

i got given a microscope

i told the church bloke about my dilemma and he reckoned God didnt work that way and i was to be thankful for the microscope

i reckoned he was fulla pooo so i formed my own religeon
 
I've always been an atheist.

I've never found any of the religious fairy tales believable. It's a crutch. Some people turn to booze and drugs, some turn to religion. It helps some people get through their day to day existence thinking that when they die they'll be going to paradise in the sky.

However, as much as I would like to buy into it, intellectually I am unable to.
 
When someone can adequately explain where all the water came from for Noah's flood then I'll reconsider.

Explanations such as the work of god or similar not accepted.
 
drsmith said:
When someone can adequately explain where all the water came from for Noah's flood then I'll reconsider.
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I think its something to do with central banks adding liquidity????
 
God made me an atheist :D

Seriously though, how can you not be an atheist if you are reasonably intelligent? Gods were invented by illiterate backward people to explain what they could not understand. These people need to get with the 21st century.
 
nunthewiser said:
when i was 9 my bike got stolen

i prayed and prayed for a new one for my birthday

i got given a microscope

i told the church bloke about my dilemma and he reckoned God didnt work that way and i was to be thankful for the microscope

i reckoned he was fulla pooo so i formed my own religeon
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god damn it!!

thats where my microscope went.. all i got was this lousy bike..

there is a god after all.. he has a sick sense of humour:D
 
white_goodman said:
I went to a catholic school
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so did i ...... up until the age of 12

after having to stand under some statue of mary on a daily basis waiting for the cane i figured it must be a whole crock of crap as i read in the bible God wasnt into sadistic punishment for his "flock "

so i started a new religion

agentm gimme back my bike ! i prayed for it . i deserve something.
 
nunthewiser said:
so did i ...... up until the age of 12

after having to stand under some statue of mary on a daily basis waiting for the cane i figured it must be a whole crock of crap as i read in the bible God wasnt into sadistic punishment for his "flock "

so i started a new religion

agentm gimme back my bike ! i prayed for it . i deserve something.
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....an atheist Nun, Nun? You should be de-frocked....

I have my own religion too - The Order Of Worthless Miracles - excellent tax dodge
 
i don't believe in "religion" per se but i respect people's believes, does it make me an atheist
 
"Genesis said that Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Able BUT no daughters recorded?" I asked this question in Religious Instructions when I was 8 years old. I was sent out of the classroom, never to return. Tried various gospel churches, outreach centres, revival groups, Catholicism and got married in an Anglican church. When the "leader/priest/head honcho" is blubbing like a baby on your shoulder asking YOU for money/advice/instructions you rapidly lose "FAITH" in humanity and the religious vehicle behind it.

Oh yeah .... If the RI teacher had said this:-

The Bible is clear. The Bible states in very plain and simple language at Genesis 5:4 that "...he (Adam) became father to sons and daughters." Notice the plural "sons" and "daughters." Since Adam lived for 930 years, he reasonably could have fathered many, many children. His sons, including Cain, would have married their sisters, or nieces. This would sound repulsive to us today, but consider the circumstances back then. It would have been proper at that time, since the Earth's population was relatively sparse, and the human race was to be proliferated according to God's purpose. It was only later that God made the restriction not to marry one's own sister or brother.

I might have reconsidered. :mad:
 
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