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I became an Agnostic at a Christian event one year. I just saw that my views on the world followed the path of a person with belief in supernatural forces, and the laws of science. Is there a God? I don't know, but there has to be something above us - something with a higher power. Whether that's a force of the universe or a super-intelligent being, we will never know. My belief in the God as Christians see it vanished before my eyes.
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Besides Santa, the Easter bunny and the tooth fairy, I would probably have to say the belief that people will do the right thing or admit when they are wrong.
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my belief in god deteriorated throughout my adolescence.
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my belief in god deteriorated throughout my adolescence.
it is now completely lost.
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I lost my religion. And now in hindsite I can say good riddance to it too!
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I lost my religion. And now in hindsite I can say good riddance to it too!
(Though it was a very prolonged, very painful process as it was being systematically annihilated)
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Seconding @lovepaperdoll -- been harshly disabused of the belief that adults, as in the adult world, have things under control and know what they're doing.
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Seconding @lovepaperdoll -- been harshly disabused of the belief that adults, as in the adult world, have things under control and know what they're doing.
They do not. They are putting on a brave front to comfort your child mind, and their own for that matter.
As change continues unrelenting, I think all generations end up just winging it, be it in parenting, "running the world", dealing with problems in the present or preparing for an uncertain future.
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God, the devil, an afterlife. That sort of thing.
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God, the devil, an afterlife. That sort of thing.
I'll borrow from James Randi: "To make sure that my blasphemy is thoroughly expressed, I hereby state my opinion that the notion of a god is a basic superstition, that there is no evidence for the existence of any god(s), that devils, demons, angels and saints are myths, that there is no life after death, heaven nor hell, that the Pope is a dangerous, bigoted, medieval dinosaur, and that the Holy Ghost is a comic-book character worthy of laughter and derision. I accuse the Christian god of murder by allowing the Holocaust to take place -- not to mention the "ethnic cleansing" presently being performed by Christians in our world -- and I condemn and vilify this mythical deity for encouraging racial prejudice and commanding the degradation of women. (This comprehensive statement was arrived at by examining the statutes of those seven states that have remained in the Dark Ages, so that I might satisfy their definitions of blasphemy.)"
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That adults knew everything and that once I was an adult I would have all the answers. False. Now that I'm an adult I've learned that we are just really good at improvising to seem like we know all the solutions. But we're really more lost than before because more questions arise and we just become more pro at dealing with them.
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That God is male and omnipotent.
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That God is male and omnipotent.
That I was a sinner if I had sex outside of holy wedlock and the sex would be terrible.
(Hint: It's not, it's fantastic, but only if you're mature enough to put it into its proper perspective so for this let's say 21 and up and you're not noodling everyone on a campus or in your workplace).
That my prince would come to rescue me.
I rescued myself.
Example: Watch "Ever After" with Drew Barrymore, kind of like that, she rescues HERSELF and THEN goes off to live happily ever after with her prince.
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Soul mates and other fatalistc ideas. I have a much greater tolerance for chance and randomness now, and I like it :)
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God. I began with Mom saying God should be spelled with two 'o's.
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God. I began with Mom saying God should be spelled with two 'o's.
Then I converted to Judaism and God was an entity in the sky, an invisible man watching me and taking notes. CREEPY! Then, as a Baha'i, God became an unknowable essence so great that the human mind will never be able to comprehend. God grew out into the multi-universe as a Mighty Unknowable Force beyond comprehension.
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Hmm. I used to believe in God, but now I'm more of a nature person rather than a believer in a divine being. I also used to despise eating meat, but now I enjoy bacon, bologna (if you can really call that meat!), some chicken and even fish, including shrimp and crab. I suppose growing up opens you up to many new things and as you get older you start to peel away your protective shell a bit and reach out to try those new things without as much hesitation as before.
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The Sanity Clause. There is no sanity clause.
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The Sanity Clause. There is no sanity clause.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KS2khYJZKwA
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Pretty much every ideal I have is there despite my knowing it to be a blind guess.
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Pretty much every ideal I have is there despite my knowing it to be a blind guess.
As for what people believe about the unknown, I believe it to be unknown. That is all.
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All of the mentioned in their childlike conceptions...
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All of the mentioned in their childlike conceptions...
Then reincarnation... Too many answers.
Then received wisdom...
Now my own memory....
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