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wysimdnwyg

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16. Raised in a very liberal Southern Baptist church
Tue Sep 23, 2025, 12:08 PM
Sep 2025

So liberal we got booted by the SBC before they even went hardcore fundamentalist. Stopped going to church once I went to college. It still took quite a while before I recognized that I no longer believed (if I ever did).

Like many, it took critical thinking about the bible and what it supposedly meant. The clincher for me was comparing Jesus and the Christian bible with older mythology like the Norse and Greek/Roman gods. Once I understood that the only difference is that Christianity is still taught and believed, it was an easy transition from quasi believer to full blown atheist.

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Raised Jewish by agnostic parents. no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #1
Robert Oppenheimer, as you may know, was in the ethical culture movement as a child. NNadir Sep 2025 #2
Religious upbringing trueblueinmo Sep 2025 #3
Raised catholic got wise Faux pas Sep 2025 #4
Agnostic here.... anciano Sep 2025 #5
I decided years ago SCantiGOP Sep 2025 #22
I appreciate you taking the time to respond... anciano Sep 2025 #23
Fundamental markie Sep 2025 #6
attended baptist church as a kid, didnt pay much attention to the religion part tho nt msongs Sep 2025 #7
Not religious at all - just moral Nigrum Cattus Sep 2025 #8
I was raised Universalist oberle Sep 2025 #9
I have 13 years of perfect attendance pins from my small, rural Methodist church. sinkingfeeling Sep 2025 #10
Very catholic with guilt a driving force Envirogal Sep 2025 #11
I did... GiqueCee Sep 2025 #12
My sig line in this post, from Max Born's Nobel Prize speech.. NNadir Sep 2025 #13
Ah, yes! GiqueCee Sep 2025 #14
It turns out that it's not from his Nobel Prize speech but is found in his autobiography. NNadir Sep 2025 #21
Priests and nuns were mean, especially to kids that needed some help. First grade I had my doubts. twodogsbarking Sep 2025 #15
My wife experienced that and concurs. NNadir Sep 2025 #20
Raised in a very liberal Southern Baptist church wysimdnwyg Sep 2025 #16
I never believed any of it mike_c Sep 2025 #17
I grew up in the Vancouver area of Canada. pandr32 Sep 2025 #18
Raised Catholic; was even an altar boy for a short time. SeattleVet Sep 2025 #19
12 years of Catholic schools and parents that purported to be very religious rurallib Sep 2025 #24
Southern Baptist GigiLeigh Sep 2025 #25
My oldest son nearly went insane from reading that book. NNadir Sep 2025 #27
Raised Catholic. Family still is. Went to Catholic school 12 years. Srkdqltr Sep 2025 #26
I was raised as an American Baptist (supposedly more liberal than Southern Baptist), we could dance and play cards.. wcmagumba Sep 2025 #28
It started with something my Mother said when I was 5 or 6 yo ... we attended a Southern Baptist church ... eppur_se_muova Sep 30 #29
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