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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:11 AM Original message |
For atheists, agnostics, and others, at what age did you lose faith? |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. around 30 after my fundie spouse left me for an affair ... |
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Imagine My Surprise (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
54. Gradual Awakening... |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #54 |
147. Hey, I'm a Religious Scientist (Science of Mind); |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
2. i don't think i ever really believed. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Did you have the feeling that if there weren't all these |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Know what you mean. Question should be different... |
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radwriter0555 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. By age 6 I had been kicked out of 3 sunday schools in my small town for |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Dogmas and doctrines are for those that lack thinking abilities. |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:47 AM Response to Reply #36 |
96. I don't think that's necessarily true. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #96 |
130. You've convinced me by your sense of reasoning that you |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
129. My dad was kinda like that |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. never had it in the first place |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. I grew up in a home that reason was always more important |
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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. I can't say I ever had any... |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. EXACTLY nt |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
6. I was excummunicated in 2000 but i never lost faith. |
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watrwefitinfor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
7. 22 |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
161. Great post, especially this, |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sunday school around 5th grade |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. It was sometime in elementary school |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:30 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I figure that if I'm wrong |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. About age 14 |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No problem |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Proven is a word - eom |
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grilled onions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Eight or So |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. i would have to say |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
14. Never had faith |
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Birthmark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. Age 16 |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. ROFL nt |
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Qibing Zero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
47. So, so true. nt |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
17. After I got kicked out of Sunday School. |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. You "paddled" a nun!?!? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:10 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. kinky. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. 1995 - I was 40 |
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Big Kahuna (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
19. I walked away from the Catholic Church at age 16 |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
41. Yes, that's it |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:23 AM Response to Original message |
21. Grammar school age when I was going to religious instruction and.. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
23. 12-ish |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
71. You sold your soul for a cheeseburger?! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
99. Personally, I think his friend was robbed. |
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afdip (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
117. what is the going rate for souls these days????? |
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afdip (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. 13 and this decision was reinforced |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #117 |
132. These days it's just donuts and kool-aid |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:11 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Funny How That Works |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
133. Are You Sure You Aren't Thinking of 'Wimpy?' |
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never_get_over_it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm not even sure what I believe |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
27. 1982 in the middle of Yom Kippur services. |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
28. birth. |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. I rejected Judaism at 14 |
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abluelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
30. I don't Remember ever believing in a god |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
31. Twelve. Basically, the age I formed rational thought. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
33. I was sent to a religious skule for the 1st six years |
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WritingIsMyReligion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
35. Well, I'm a teen now, and I've |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
39. About age 14...when I discovered reason and the panicky reaction |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:20 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. hate to say it, (it reads poorly) |
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SlackJawedYokel (446 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:26 AM Response to Original message |
40. Went to Catholic elementary school. |
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livvy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. When I was old enough to start comprehending all the ... |
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ebdarcy (654 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
43. I never really had faith. |
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MadisonProgressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
44. I was always a very questioning child |
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Atlas Mugged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
45. Never really had it |
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Qibing Zero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
46. Somewhere around 10-12 I began to reject it, |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
48. caring for each other is the only religion that matters |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
49. I was unable to believe. I tried, but the parallels between God, Santa, |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
50. 21-22, something like that. |
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chaumont58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
51. 15 |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
53. Sometime during college |
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bikebloke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
55. Around 4 or 5 |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
56. You assume people start out being religious? |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #56 |
82. GREAT POINT! However "magical thinking" is hardwired developmental trait |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
57. It was a process |
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Qibing Zero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #57 |
76. Just when you think you've felt pain... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
94. Wow. |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #94 |
107. Probably both. Afraid to go against the majority and the unknown. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:51 PM Response to Reply #57 |
162. I'm sorry that happened to you. nt |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
58. dupe |
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toddaa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. No one really converts to unbelief |
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Boo_Radley (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
60. Gradually |
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KnowerOfLogic (841 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
61. 10-12, somewhere thereabouts; figured that any god who would let |
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Lochloosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
62. This one is easy |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
63. I rejected religion at about age 35 |
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Kazak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
64. I was raised UU... |
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newsguyatl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
65. eh, i don't think i ever really had it |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
66. Never had any. Moloch, Jesus, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Hollow Earth |
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C_eh_N_eh_D_eh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
67. I never had it... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
68. Pretty much ended for me in the sixth grade. I simply could not believe |
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cat_hair (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. I never really believed |
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TheCentepedeShoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
70. I don't think I ever truly believed |
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rppper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
72. early teens......... |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
73. Never had it to lose... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
74. Ah, great! Another thread for atheists/agnostics to congratulate... |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:37 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. yawn. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:40 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. LOL! |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:13 AM Response to Reply #77 |
85. your edited-in comment indicates that your issue with this thread |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:22 AM Response to Reply #85 |
89. My issue is the thread in GD (and, I admit... |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:37 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. I understand... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:57 AM Response to Reply #93 |
101. I agree with you completely, bee. |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:36 PM Response to Reply #101 |
115. fair enough. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Indeed! |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #93 |
102. i disagree. People who use rational thought know better than |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:08 PM Response to Reply #102 |
108. Not all religious people are "fundies," nor do all lack the capacity... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #108 |
116. nor do I suggest that all are. I am merely pointing out one subset |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:00 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. Thanks for the clarification, antifaschits -- |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #122 |
123. please excuse me for being unclear earlier. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #123 |
131. Couldn't agree more, antifaschits -- |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #102 |
111. hold on now.... |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:54 PM Response to Reply #111 |
120. Imply? not at all. I thought long and hard about it. |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:30 PM Response to Reply #120 |
127. Im not sure where we are disagreeing though... |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:46 PM Response to Reply #77 |
136. On the flipside, in times of natural disaster, |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #136 |
141. You're right, but I think most of those threads -- and I could be wrong -- |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:53 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. I think this is an entirely neutral and reasonable topic. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #143 |
145. I understand what you're saying, Taxloss -- |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #145 |
146. Thanks. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:05 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. ah, great! Another believer trying to quell discussion... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:15 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. I don't think I've posted to such a thread before. Coffee... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:18 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. I'm not sure I AM a believer. Does that make me an agnostic? |
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Tinksrival (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:34 AM Response to Reply #74 |
91. I'm grateful for the thread. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:00 PM Response to Reply #91 |
103. Yours is a wonderful post, Tinksrival. I'm glad this discussion... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #74 |
92. Well, if it's any consolation- |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:01 PM Response to Reply #92 |
105. Thanks for your post, Marr. You make some very good points! nt |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:54 AM Response to Reply #74 |
100. I no more want to enter the Religion and Theology forum |
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bee (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:03 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. even if it contains an atheists / agnostics group? |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
113. Now that's Truly Bizarre. |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:52 PM Response to Reply #106 |
142. The group isn't in the R&T forum. I was hornswoggled. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
78. never had it, except for a brief adolescent bout of insanity |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
79. when i took a comparative religion class in hs |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
80. 12-13 yrs. old when I realized that fear was being used to control |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
81. around 10 after mulling over the statements that a god knew your every |
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leanin_green (823 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
84. After a personal revelation and subsequent observation. |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
87. Just recently |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 08:45 PM Response to Reply #87 |
164. It blows their minds, Lorien! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
90. It was a slow process, but I think I was about 24 or so before I could |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
95. When I was about 14 I really turned against it |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
97. Atheist from birth, here |
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PowerToThePeople (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
98. Never. the yin and the yang |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
104. 8 yrs of Catholic school & 4 yrs of Jesuit High School... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
109. I never really had any |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
110. never did believe |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
112. I was very religious as a child. My mother sent me to the local |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
114. When I read Bushby's book about two months ago. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
119. Never had faith. |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
124. Between ages 14 & 16 |
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longship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
125. An atheist who never lost faith. |
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Baconfoot (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
126. I never believed despite going to church at least once a week from age 6 |
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catbert836 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
128. It happened slowly for me. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
135. Never believed. But there was a time when I realized I was different |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:31 PM Response to Reply #135 |
137. Do you feel you atheism is somehow "weaker" for never having had faith? |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 05:52 PM Response to Reply #137 |
138. I went about educating myself |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:26 PM Response to Reply #138 |
140. As you might imagine, I had a very different background. |
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heidler1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 12:20 AM Response to Reply #138 |
148. My Father was a Catholic Democrat & My Mother was a |
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CarbonDate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
139. I didn't lose faith. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-02-05 07:09 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. GREAT way to put it. |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-03-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
149. The Dawn of The Age of Reason for me was 18 years. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-04-05 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
150. I was 29 |
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really annoyed (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 10:54 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. You are lucky! |
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liberal43110 (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-11-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
151. "Gave up"? |
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EmmaP (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-12-05 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
153. Well, |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
154. for me 6th grade. that year I was going to a nice church but one day |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Eesh |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-05 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
156. guess I started seriously questioning freshman year in college. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-20-05 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
157. Gradually from around age 14 to age 16 |
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NAO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
158. I was 19. I am 39 now. 20 Years of Freethought! |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
159. It was indoctrinated into me around age 8, and I lost it at age 29 |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
160. Doubted all my life, certain around 16, left church at 17 n/t |
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PerpetualWinter (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-22-05 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
163. About 12, but I didn't get kicked out of church until... |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-26-05 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
165. 12 when I was able to state it outright. |
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Midnight Rambler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
166. I would say around the time I was 17 or 18 |
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PatrioticLeftie (909 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
167. I am agnostic and I do not |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
168. a long process |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
169. I was born an Atheist. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #169 |
170. So was every single human being ever born. |
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