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[thehitman1901]

So my family is really religious. My Mom has always been (as long as I can remember that is), and my dad really got into it when I was just becoming a teenager.
Yea.

Well, I'm an atheist.

I used to believe in God, I tried to believe in God. And now. I'm just here.

Well I've been keeping it secret from them. And well they found out.

They're not freaking out or anything, but they are acting a little different.

<.<

[Lord Lucifer]

its ok i have the same problem with my mom but i just ignore it

[Theredbaron]

I have never believed. And I think my parents always new. I remember discussions with my mom, about what happens when we die. She said heaven. Then that evening I couldn't sleep, and she came in to my crying that when everybody died, they ceased to be. I was 5. At a time when you are supposed to believed whatever you are told. I would say my mom would have guessed it then. I just never knew what it was called till my aunt said she was. I had no idea that you could not believe. Thought I was a freak, ect. But, I never really told anyone, they all just "knew"

Though, that could be because every time I entered a church, I would slowly walk to the door, jump in, and then laugh. And when asked why, I would say this must not be a real church, cause I didn't burst into flames.

[Apirka]

I stopped going to church when I was like 12. I also stopped believing around the same time. It just seems ridiculous to me. Plus all the churches I had gone to were full of hypocritical assholes.

Coincidentally, this is also when I really started using the internet lol

My dad just kinda accepts it, which is surprising because he was really into religion and still is. He's such a cool guy though, so he doesn't push it on me or anything. My mom, when it comes up, will be all like YOU STILL BELIEVE YOU'RE JUST GOING THROUGH A PHASE. I've been going through an eight year phase apparently. It's kinda hard too for me because my aunt and uncle are both ministers in another province so if I go over to visit they're always like "Soooo you coming to church on Sunday?" and I'm like "...fuck that." Not in those words mind you. They're also hypocrites and I haven't talked to them in like a year.

It's not even that I'm an atheist, I'm more of an agnostic. I just don't think we can know without some goddamn proof. Show me, don't tell me etc.

[thehitman1901]

Well, for me it was kinda like I just asked myself one day "are these people paying attention?" You know? I mean I believed in God, then I didn't, then I did again because I thought I was some worthless individual. And now. I dunno.

I still goto church. But it's for the "wrong" reasons. I go for friends, and because they actually have some fun stuff and blah. And I do agree with the whole do good and not kill and you know good moral stuff.

I actually had this conversation with a friend when he discovered I didn't believe in God, and he asked me why I came to church and stuff like that. I think that person may have told my parents too.
A lot of people around here though think if you don't believe in God then your just a sinner and heathen and what not.

I don't even smoke. (anymore)

And yea there's alot of hypocrites in churchs, but I think there's a lot of hypocrites everywhere. So yea to that.

The thing that really got me thinking though was when we had a guy preach on the different religions and what others believe. He tried to use logic and common sense to disprove other beliefs. But we can't really prove any of them then can we?

Edited by thehitman1901, 27 July 2009 - 09:55 PM.

[Lord Lucifer]

Nope all religions rely on writtin book that state who they were written by within the story of the book O.o no onw really knows what the books are they just believe in what they say cause it helps them get through the day and after they get through there problem with the help of religion they either one forget the religion and move on with there lives or two tell people "OMG GOD SAVE MY LIFE AND HELP ME STOP DOING DRUGS AND BEING A PROSTITUTE AND...... ETC. Not realizing it was them self and the priest or whatever that got them through the hard time not some invisible force that is unseen ugh i hate when people say that it pisses me off that they don't give themselves credit


Longest post I've written in a while

[Ferrous]

My two cents!

I went to church all up until the age of 15. My mom a JEhovah witness. By most religions I have to say this one is fucking tough! I went through school never celebrating shit! To this day when people ask me if I want something for my bday or Christmas it takes me by surprise and I light up. I was brought up thinking holidays were a sin and not being part of the sheple a sin. All through my experience of going to church. I was always the black sheep. Even in the family though. So it's all good. Btw Luci I agree with you on the self power shit. I used to get pissed off at my mom because I'd thank her for giving me the shit i needed. And she'd be like "No thank god!" and I was like "WTF YOU PUT IN THE HARD WORK" My mom worked hella hard because of her ignorance. She stopped going to school cause they told her the end of the world was going to come. She never helped us for shit in school. She just wanted us to be part of the religion. If I told her i wanted to be something else. I'd get pwned. kk imma stop here I can't handle this shit

Fuck retards! People just love being told what to think and what to fucking do and be part of some social group called religion. Kinda like gangs and shit... The higher up you are the more power you have the moar popular you have. In most religions the people up in the talking square are the rich ones.

I'm a free thinker and so I try to be. People say "Obey these laws." and I question them when they don't make sense. Um another thing is the morals they speak about are like "WTF YOU MUST BE HELLA STUPID TO KONW THAT YOU DON"T KILL PEOPLE RAPE PEOPLE ROB FROM PEOPLE etc etc etc" just common fucking sense. You don't need religion for that also... lol Coveting WTF is up with that rule? If you don't covet you never get what you want! Coveting makes you fucking work to get something it's what motivates you to do something!

Anyway... Buddhist are the only religion I truly respect. They believe in the energy of oneself and that each individual is practically a god or manifest it in some way or form. All in all Energy and that's what I believe in!

Lol i believe in energy and that you can learn to focus it. Also that everything has an equal or opposite reaction just like the laws of gravity.

So all in all I believe in a powerful being but that we make up the powerful being. We are the cogs in the machine and if we think it and try it will happen. Well dream it the w/e. We dreamed we could fly we dream to cross oceans we dreamed to go deep under water we dreamed to see across the universe. WE MADE IT ALL HAPPEN! Because we wanted it to. Of course along the way... The only people that ever got proved wrong were the ones that said "If God didn't give us the power to do so then it will fail!" I say "GUESS WHAT MOTHER FUCKER I HAVE A MICROWAVE!!! POPCORN IN 3 MINS WE IS WATCHING TRANSFORMERS LAWL!"


Love an dpeace

[Lord Lucifer]

. Of course along the way... The only people that ever got proved wrong were the ones that said "If God didn't give us the power to do so then it will fail!" I say "GUESS WHAT MOTHER FUCKER I HAVE A MICROWAVE!!! POPCORN IN 3 MINS WE IS WATCHING TRANSFORMERS LAWL!"

Hahaha amazing

[thehitman1901]

Wow. Just, wow.

[NARU.EXE]

My two cents!

I went to church all up until the age of 15. My mom a Jehovah witness. By most religions I have to say this one is fucking tough! I went through school never celebrating shit!

Naru seen this black couple getting a divorce on
a TV judge show.
The black lady was all...
"He's a BIG Jehova's witness, whenever my birthday or anniversary comes up!"

[Apirka]

Naru seen this black couple getting a divorce on
a TV judge show.
The black lady was all...
"He's a BIG Jehova's witness, whenever my birthday or anniversary comes up!"

It might be the alcohol talking but I fucking laughed.

[Theredbaron]

...Don't get it.

[NARU.EXE]

...Don't get it.

Apparently, as Ferrous alluded too.
Jehova's witnesses don't give gifts.

[Theredbaron]

O, dumb me not catching that.

[Ferrous]

T-T

[Apirka]

Apparently, as Ferrous alluded too.
Jehova's witnesses don't give gifts.

Yeah, I always felt bad for the Jehovah's Witnesses (what a hard word to pluralize) kids in school, they got picked on so bad because they couldn't celebrate anything.

T-T

Weren't you brought up as one? I can't remember.

[Ferrous]

Chea I was! Worse shit ever. I didn't though get made fun off. People just felt sorry for me which was worse.

[Apirka]

Not gonna lie, we were really mean. We're a bunch of intolerant hicks around here.

[Ferrous]

Meh I would of made fun back. Luckily for me no one fucked with me. I had to older cousins going to school with me and they were known to be bullies. Which meant my geek squad posse had it made!

[Theredbaron]

Hahaha. "geek squad posse"