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I am a freshman in college, I believe that there is not a God.
I was raised by a Catholic mother to believe in God, the saints, the Virgin Mother, and all that jazz.
I didn't so much "believe" it, as I assumed it to be true, but I never took the Bible very seriously, I thought the bible stories were just like fairy tales, but they were more important because they dealt with God. When I realized there were people who truly believed the Bible word for word, I questioned how they could believe something so ridiculous, then over time I started to question why I believed in the bigger picture, when it's just as unfounded and ridiculous.
By age 14 or 15, I think is when I actually started defining myself as an atheist, since before then, the term atheism, and the fact that one could actually CHOOSE not to believe in God wasn't very clear to me.
Also about the loud shouting Christians vs. loud shouting Atheists.
If Christians have it there way, in a policy, there will be discrimination,
if an Atheist has it there way, there would be protection from religious discrimination...so in general, though I hate bigots regardless of their position on religion or politics....I side with my fellow atheists, because we just want people not to force their views on others.
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