Was there a point in your life where you determined/ decided there is not God? No flaming please, I am sincerely interested. Do you have thoughts on a afterlife? Do you hold a belief in anything else besides science?
Again, no flaming. Can you define your belief system and how it was developed?
As a kid I was taken to church and Sunday school, but never really believed.
At some point in my life- probably around 12 or 13, I realized that I didn't believe in any God, and that for a variety of reasons 'God' made no sense to me. I rarely mentioned that at the time because there was so much animosity towards anyone who said there was no god.
Now I am basically a quiet Atheist- I don't go around telling believers that they wrong, but if someone insists on telling me that I am wrong, I will defend my lack of belief in their God.
By the way- I enjoy reading the Bible.
I come here to discuss it because it makes friends uncomfortable. I think its bad for people but they want to believe so they think I'm attacking them not realizing I'm trying to help them.
I'm glad to see we aren't alone or as much of a minority as people think.
My brother and his little kids believe in god. I don't tell them they're being brainwashed just like I don't tell them Santa isn't real. I'll wait for them to grow up before I dare suggest its all made up. 18 years of brainwashing. Its gonna be hard to convince them heaven isnt real.