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 Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2010 9:12 pm
Most of my family does not know that i am agnostic so i have to go to church when they do.
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 5:51 pm
I was a child who was indoctrinated by my parents to believe. Yes, I went to church regularly. It wasn't until our pastor was asked to leave our small church because he was "too old" (yes that was their reasoning for petitioning to get rid of him). After that, my entire family stopped attending regularly. And after we stopped attending regularly, that's when I was able to form my own thoughts and ideas, as well as think critically about religion.
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:00 pm
my last church attendance was 2 years ago
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:01 pm
Not really. One wedding when I was six, then maybe about four months of regular attendance at eight. In fact, despite having described myself as believing in some convoluted system, I don't honestly remember a time where I actually believed in a higher power of any sort. That being said, my eight year old brain was incapable of the doublethink required to accept that nonsense known as the holy trinity. je ne taime pas Err... I still do. Except it's Unitarian Universalist, and half the people in my youth group are also atheists. We're like a big, happy, quirky church family that aren't religious neutral The local UU church isn't far from my college, and I've been wondering about it. Maybe I should go sometime.
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:06 pm
I did only because if my mom found out I was Agnostic she would kill me. o_o. But, I really don't find anything "different" when I go there, I still feel the same. surprised
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Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:28 am
When i was very young (about 2-4) i was forced to go to church.. i have brief memories, ones that i choose not to remember, i see no logic in belief, especially because of the flawed, hypocritical 'Sacred Texts'
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Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:18 am
Yes, I did. First it was a Mormon church, and I kept going whenever I'd visit my grandmother because it was expected of me. I think the last time I went to a Mormon church was actually to see my littlest sister sing because she was excited about it. But I was going until I was 14 because my grandmother was very Mormon and thought that I was, and I didn't have the heart to tell her that I wasn't. I think it would have broken her heart. So I never actually told her that I was Mormon, but I didn't deny it.
When I was in 2nd grade, my mom was searching for her path (she did not consider herself Mormon anymore), and so we went to a few churches before she found Wicca, and so we celebrated the various holidays. To this day I still do some, partially because of tradition, partially because I love the sense of community I get when celebrating with other people.
When I was in 7th grade, my folks found a UU church. I was hooked. Mostly because they were very much about letting us find our own path, and not forcing anything on us. I'm wanting to go back and teach the high school program at my local UU church, because it had such a great impact on me, I want to make sure other teenagers get the chance to form their own beliefs. But, I haven't been able to go really much at all because I work at a sports bar, and NFL football is on Sundays, so I'm usually working.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:55 pm
I am Atheist, I've been to a few churchs with family and a ex boyfriend or two.. I have listened to everything that they have to say.. I have never been able to relate to any of them, I don't believe their story is true at all.
I also don't believe that judging the person by their religion is right. I've ran into many friends with the topic of religion and i think its all bull. We are all equal and should be treated equal, even if we think the same or not... and no one should be pushing a religion on somebody, what are they trying to proove? does that make you a good person? or just annoying? Lol.
I believe atheist think differently and even christians/other should take a look at what we stand for, like we do them... and thats NOT the devil. i hear that crap to much. its dumb.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:00 pm
Going to mass was mandatory for me at my private Catholic school. So I used to go once a week... Not counting when I went with my mom and my family. I attended services since age four 'til age 14.
After I moved to the states, I have only been to one a few times, due to family and friends. But not willingly.
Always found churches to be depressing and they left me feeling dirty inside.
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:08 am
I did before the age of 13, but only because my mom forced me. Then one day I didn't want to go anymore and she tried to drag me down the stairs but couldn't get me into the car. So she locked me out of the house while she went to church. But I haven't gone back since.
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:08 pm
Not really. Sometimes we went but not every sunday. I'm still forced to go sometimes and my parents know I'm not a believer.
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Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:12 pm
My father and his wife were not super religious, but I went to the Catholic Church with my gradparents almost every weekend growing up. I was baptised when I was 12. I really believed strongly, but coming to the realization that I am a lesbian made me take a long, hard look at everything. I read the bible and thought none of this makes sense.
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Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:55 pm
My parents are both Atheists so I never had to.
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:13 pm
I never did go to church. I used to believe in god when I was young because thats what everyone told me, but know I have made my own decision.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:35 pm
My parents made me attend church twice a week until I was fourteen/fifteen, at which point my rebellion took over and they couldn't force me anymore. The whole family was super conservative, and when I questioned anything in church, I was never given a response that was meaningful, or that made sense, or made me want to waste any more time hanging out with people who were okay with ignoring basic questions of life, the universe and everything. I knew early on that I would leave the church STAT! biggrin
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