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Atheists & Agnostics

Faux pas

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4. Raised catholic got wise

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 09:10 PM

Sep 22

around 12 years old. During weekly confession, I wondered why I was sitting in the dark telling some guy I lied to my mother when god was supposed to be "all knowing and all forgiving"? Claimed to be agnostic for years and finally owned the fact that I'm really an atheist

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Question: How many of my fellow atheists had a religious upbringing? If one had one, when did it wash out? [View all] NNadir Sep 22 OP

Raised Jewish by agnostic parents. no_hypocrisy Sep 22 #1

Robert Oppenheimer, as you may know, was in the ethical culture movement as a child. NNadir Sep 22 #2

Religious upbringing trueblueinmo Sep 22 #3

Raised catholic got wise Faux pas Sep 22 #4

Agnostic here.... anciano Sep 22 #5

I decided years ago SCantiGOP Tuesday #22

I appreciate you taking the time to respond... anciano Tuesday #23

Fundamental markie Sep 22 #6

attended baptist church as a kid, didnt pay much attention to the religion part tho nt msongs Sep 22 #7

Not religious at all - just moral Nigrum Cattus Sep 22 #8

I was raised Universalist oberle Sep 22 #9

I have 13 years of perfect attendance pins from my small, rural Methodist church. sinkingfeeling Sep 22 #10

Very catholic with guilt a driving force Envirogal Tuesday #11

I did... GiqueCee Tuesday #12

My sig line in this post, from Max Born's Nobel Prize speech.. NNadir Tuesday #13

Ah, yes! GiqueCee Tuesday #14

It turns out that it's not from his Nobel Prize speech but is found in his autobiography. NNadir Tuesday #21

Priests and nuns were mean, especially to kids that needed some help. First grade I had my doubts. twodogsbarking Tuesday #15

My wife experienced that and concurs. NNadir Tuesday #20

Raised in a very liberal Southern Baptist church wysimdnwyg Tuesday #16

I never believed any of it mike_c Tuesday #17

I grew up in the Vancouver area of Canada. pandr32 Tuesday #18

Raised Catholic; was even an altar boy for a short time. SeattleVet Tuesday #19

12 years of Catholic schools and parents that purported to be very religious rurallib Wednesday #24

Southern Baptist GigiLeigh Wednesday #25

My oldest son nearly went insane from reading that book. NNadir Wednesday #27

Raised Catholic. Family still is. Went to Catholic school 12 years. Srkdqltr Wednesday #26

I was raised as an American Baptist (supposedly more liberal than Southern Baptist), we could dance and play cards.. wcmagumba Wednesday #28

It started with something my Mother said when I was 5 or 6 yo ... we attended a Southern Baptist church ... eppur_se_muova 18 hrs ago #29