Sup2a
10th March 2009, 08:13 PM
In my short time being on this earth, already have i found 2 religions, from birth i was in a religious sect of Buddhism/Christianity, i must say they had the right idea on the way we should live our lives, however, some ideas they had were very abstract almost to an extremest point. However they are a small group and I do not want to put the down by naming the group as they really were nice people. I went to a Christian school when i was 8-10 there still being bought up in the sect, i learnt the beliefs of Christians, being skeptical already due to my upbringing.
As i went through school i started believing a lot of the stuff that was taught, because they do really nail it in you at a very young age, in fact i remember in an early grade the teacher refused to do any Christmas decorations or anything to do with Christmas because we had "forgotten" the meaning OF Christmas, we were shown more graphical and more graphical recreations of jesus and his works
As i grew i saw the extreme similarities to the religious sect i grew up in, therefore started believing Christianity as truth, i went to christian camps with my friends and doing the such as they wanted you to.
by around year 9 i started to analyze some of the text in the bible due to assignments in religion studies finding many problems in the text, my religion teacher would always have an answer and lead me to another passage in the bible, that would "suggest" something therefore i was the thruth, by then i began to become skeptical again, started to think for myself, by the next year religion studies had so many faults I began to ask more questions, things like the "devil" were so abstract, an angel... that became bad... and now is everywhere... but nowhere... sounds much like a science fiction novel...
By then i started to do some research into contradictions, faults, "truths" started to think for myself NOT be blinded by this faith
By the end of the year, i seriously doubted Christianity, but didn't call myself an atheist, everything i learnt in religion class assured me that this was not the truth, EVERYTHING contradicted everything else.
I watched Richard Dawkin's documentary "Root of all evil?" and was astonished it really did open my eyes, now i consider myself a proud atheist, i still do religion studies due to them being a compulsory unit of SACE however i see it as an opportunity to learn more about this very controversial topic. phew.. there's a bit of typing for you :p
As i went through school i started believing a lot of the stuff that was taught, because they do really nail it in you at a very young age, in fact i remember in an early grade the teacher refused to do any Christmas decorations or anything to do with Christmas because we had "forgotten" the meaning OF Christmas, we were shown more graphical and more graphical recreations of jesus and his works
As i grew i saw the extreme similarities to the religious sect i grew up in, therefore started believing Christianity as truth, i went to christian camps with my friends and doing the such as they wanted you to.
by around year 9 i started to analyze some of the text in the bible due to assignments in religion studies finding many problems in the text, my religion teacher would always have an answer and lead me to another passage in the bible, that would "suggest" something therefore i was the thruth, by then i began to become skeptical again, started to think for myself, by the next year religion studies had so many faults I began to ask more questions, things like the "devil" were so abstract, an angel... that became bad... and now is everywhere... but nowhere... sounds much like a science fiction novel...
By then i started to do some research into contradictions, faults, "truths" started to think for myself NOT be blinded by this faith
By the end of the year, i seriously doubted Christianity, but didn't call myself an atheist, everything i learnt in religion class assured me that this was not the truth, EVERYTHING contradicted everything else.
I watched Richard Dawkin's documentary "Root of all evil?" and was astonished it really did open my eyes, now i consider myself a proud atheist, i still do religion studies due to them being a compulsory unit of SACE however i see it as an opportunity to learn more about this very controversial topic. phew.. there's a bit of typing for you :p