For Atheist and Agnostics

[iSoape]

I was wondering at what age were you when you truly defined yourself as an atheist or an agnostic? Or if you were brought up that way tell me about. For me, I consider it fortunate being rasied catholic as that I was able to gaze upon both sides of the railroad. My father was an agnostic but let my mom raise me as she wanted (she's a christian with budhism influences). My parents always raised me around animals and science leading me to accept some form of evolution as the means of existance and not a higher power. This change was especially dominant and noticable when I was in 6th grade. I am now an agnostic doubting the existance of a higher power, I cannot prove or disprove so I just am. So how about you?

[Abrahim]

quote:Originally posted by iSoape:

My parents always raised me around animals and science leading me to accept some form of evolution as the means of existance and not a higher power. This change was especially dominant and noticable when I was in 6th grade. I am now an agnostic doubting the existance of a higher power, I cannot prove or disprove so I just am. So how about you?

lol thanks for enjoying my joke in the other topic, I appreciated your comment alot!

Why must there be a conflict between evolution and a "higher power" there is an obvious "higher power" which goes by various names and descriptions, all an attempt to describe one thing, its something all religions should accept and which 3 religions at their core already do.

There is only One thing worthy of being called "God", it is not some invisible being in some distant dimension, nor is it some hidden figure in the image of a man.

Even I can be considered an athiest though I promote this one God.

What is it? I think you can figure it out if you use your mind.

What is the most powerful thing in your life? What are you completely controlled by through limitations? What is it that you see everyday? Interact with every moment? Are completely dependant on? That you are made of? That the universe and all that is in it exists with, was manifested within, and is completely dependant on and made of?

What is that thing in which all things exist? Living, constantly animated, manifestor of universes.

Figured it out? When you do, then you will know "God". A God you've known from before your birth up until your death.

There is no diety but this, in which even every possible thing you can possibly do or think is provided.

It goes by many names, one name you might be familiar with starts with an R and ends with a Y. There is only one God, we are all part of it and completely dependant on it.

Have you figured it out yet?

I'd like you to add me to MSN Messenger, AIM, or Yahoo Messenger. May I?

My MSN is [email protected]

My AIM is abrahimesker

My Yahoo is abrahim_esker

I'd like to know if you figure it out!

[JesuitArtiste]

Dunno really... As a kid I said I believed in God , and would say I was a christian ,But I was never actually really aware of what that was. I wasn't influenced by my parents ,My dad is an atheist ,and my mother is ,as far as I know , also an atheist.

I guess I just grew out of it ,realised how ... I dunno ,I just decided I didn't care.

But I can't remember the exact time I thought to myself ,"There's no God." That said ,I complain wo a wide array of "gods". If my computer starts fuckig up I'll start praying to the god of Pc's generally to a specific PC god... Like the internet god... Gives you something to complain to when otherwise you'd just start growling ....

Still ,No belief in any of these gods... Same with God ,If it starts raining on me heavily ,God'll get a tongue lashing , If I'm late for something ,same again ...

Have A Nice Day.

[flatplat]

I was about 9 when I decided the whole idea of God or a higher being was a bit of a joke.

I figured, if adults lied about the tooth fairy or Santa, the this whole idea of God might be a ploy to make us be good.

Both my parents, although they both had religious upbringings, are atheists, but I only found that out recently. When I was a kid, I just thought they didn't care. Religion was never dicussed.

[bonkers]

I stopped believing in a perfect being a few years back when I finally opened my eyes and chose not to deny the obvious: that there is no perfect being.

Just like there is no Santa Claus, Easter bunny, Fountain of Youth, etc; there is no perfect being.

[danreil]

I was raised Catholic by my family and stayed fairly devout until my sophmore year in high school when one day I just stopped believing in it all. I slowly changed from deism to agnosticism and finally to atheism over the course of about a year, mainly because I had been conditioned so strongly to believe in god and hell and everything I was almost scared to admit I was an atheist.

[Mellow_Fellow]

Hmmm, probably about 13.

There were a few years (13-14) when i just can't rember what I thought really, i know I wasn't religious, i suppose I was athiest/agnostic at a much less advanced level as I didn't think things over and rationalise psychologically and philosophically, i started doing that at about 15.

Drugs helped

[Enlightend1_Truth]

I finally decided to search for a new religion in the 7th grade, 14 yrs old, after being a catholic before that. After researching many, honestly all, religions past and present, I decided that atheism is the only correct way to live a great life to its fullest.

I am writing a thesis on my findings as well as certain 'proofs' as to why religion, and the christian church, is morally wrong and diminishing to individual characteristics of the people in general. I will be posting the entire thesis soon, e-mail me if you would like a personal copy.

- My e-mail if not elsewhere found is [email protected]

[This message has been edited by Enlightend1_Truth (edited 06-07-2006).]

[Navicalist]

parents weren't religious, and when i was introduced a religion it just seemed too ideal.

[CBUM]

11 but i only really began to understand religion when i turned 13.