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  • when did you first realize there was no god?

    From jojo@f00@0f0.00f to alt.atheism on Fri Aug 29 15:29:44 2025
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    my family is not religious, god has not been a component of my
    thought process as such.. but if i had to put a date when i
    understood, it was about when i was in 4th grade, almost 5th.

    i guess for people who have been raised religious, something
    either needs to happen or some switch flips that makes it.. evident?

    it was surprising how many around me believed, or pretended to.
    my guess is most pepole pretend to believe in god to fit in.

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  • From Dawn Flood@Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com to alt.atheism on Sat Aug 30 01:57:50 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.atheism

    On 8/29/25 10:29 AM, jojo wrote:
    my family is not religious, god has not been a component of my
    thought process as such.. but if i had to put a date when i
    understood, it was about when i was in 4th grade, almost 5th.

    i guess for people who have been raised religious, something
    either needs to happen or some switch flips that makes it.. evident?

    it was surprising how many around me believed, or pretended to.
    my guess is most pepole pretend to believe in god to fit in.


    As an atheist, I don't feel comfortable saying, "God does not exist." I
    would say that I first really started doubting the existence of God in
    middle school, and eventually, for me, disbelief became stronger than
    belief in high school.

    Dawn
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  • From jojo@f00@0f0.00f to alt.atheism on Sat Aug 30 16:05:19 2025
    From Newsgroup: alt.atheism

    Dawn Flood wrote:
    On 8/29/25 10:29 AM, jojo wrote:
    my family is not religious, god has not been a component of my
    thought process as such.. but if i had to put a date when i
    understood, it was about when i was in 4th grade, almost 5th.

    i guess for people who have been raised religious, something
    either needs to happen or some switch flips that makes it..
    evident?

    it was surprising how many around me believed, or pretended to.
    my guess is most pepole pretend to believe in god to fit in.


    As an atheist, I don't feel comfortable saying, "God does not
    exist."-a I
    would say that I first really started doubting the existence of
    God in
    middle school, and eventually, for me, disbelief became stronger
    than
    belief in high school.

    Dawn

    have you ever heard of a reverse case? someone starting out not
    believing and turning retard?

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