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All of that happend to my mum. My gran was a strict catholic and couldn't really see past her religion. God help you if you said godsake or jesus christ infront of her. You would be a dead man walkin'.

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Mojo

My mothers certainly not like that. She doesnt like swearing but she's not too over the top about it. I could easily use those words infront of her and a few more, but theres a line she doesnt like people to cross. A lot of older folks though class certain words as swearing that we wouldnt think twice about using now.

She definitely wishes i didnt stop going to church with her, though. She probably still wishes that. I just couldn't possibly go to church once i started thinking the way i do now and to be honest why would anyone want me there if im inwardly scoffing at everything im hearing? Trying to explain that as a 14 year old proved more difficult than i thought it would.

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storymilo

Agnostic. Though I think having a "self-defined" religion might be interesting

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nawww. my gran, not my mother my mum was the same as you, realised it was a load of shit. only time ive been to chapel is when my gran took me, if she was babysitting me. it was boring, stupid, and made me feel like a total reject when i never went up for the drink & eating that thing. all because i was brought up with no religion.w

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Heh i know you meant your gran, i was just saying that even though i said my mam took me to church she was never quite like that.

What i hate even more is people who used to go to church when i did, and probably still do now, asking me WHY i dont go anymore? If that was it, that one simple question then i wouldnt have issue with it. I mean, that would just be curiosity wouldnt it?

But no, first of all try skipping around that subject and avoiding telling them the REAL reason you stopped going. They won't have it, they won't let it go, they will keep pushing you and interrogating you to get you to say it when in actuality they know fine well what the reason is anyway, they just want to act shocked or appaled and try to present themselves as the bigger person because they go to church and therefore arent going to hell.

And if i didnt skip around it and told them outright it would be even worse.

I honestly think all Christians want everyone to go to hell bar themselves. They all seem to talk about so enthusiastically.

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NumberNineDream

Not Atheist, more "don't really care".

Cause Atheists [not agnostic atheists] seem sometimes like some fundamentalists defending their ideology. It's a definite "No God", and because you say otherwise you're wrong.

I more don't care if there is or not a god. Like if God himself told me that the right religion was Christianity I still won't care to go to church.

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I'm unsure of what to vote for here. Until recently (the last couple years or so) I've considered myself a Christian. I’ve began to rethink my belief system though, when I realized that my sole basis for following religion was fear. Not the “fear based in love” that the Bible says we should have, but actual fear of incurring wrath, not only from God (whose existence is also in question), but also from my family and friends. Basically, it’s fear based on blind submission. I came to the realization that I’m tired of being afraid all the time, of always feeling like I’m doing something wrong even when I’m doing nothing wrong. Sooo…I guess what I’m saying is that I’m unsure if God exists. And if he does, I’m unsure about how much I care. So what does that fall under?

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Guybrush

What if God told you you'd go to hell for not actively worshipping him/her?

I didn't state where my place is in the statistics, but of course I'm an atheist. I never had a religious upbringing and having to deal with it (religious teachers, organisations, going to church) has mostly been a pain in the arse which is sad because while I'm not religious I often find religion very interesting.

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For you who are generally uncertain, I'll add a "don't know" option

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NumberNineDream

He'll just have to suck it. No worships for me thanks.

***Heaven is overrated

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I lived with my grandparents for the better part of my first six years and my grandma's a hardcore Mormon, so that was my first experience with religion. I would go to church with her on sundays but being so young it was more of a social event than anything (plus I got really good at sneaking extra pieces of bread from the "body of christ" dish). I was never allowed to ask questions I had about the bible, God, or anything to do with questioning the church, and even then I thought this was strange.

But to get away from ranting more about Mormonism, as I grew older I still considered myself a Christian because, like nonsubmissivewife said, my sole basis for following religion was fear. Not until the last couple of years did I allow myself to really question my beliefs. One day I just kind of realized that I don't believe in god. I don't believe in heaven and hell, and I definitely don't believe that "truth is determined by our feelings" (that's a fundamental Mormon belief for those of you who didn't know).

To summarize, I am an atheist.

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