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Atheists & Agnostics

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3. Religious upbringing

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:56 PM

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Went to Baptist college. Had to take a religious history class and decided it was all BS

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Raised Jewish by agnostic parents. no_hypocrisy Monday #1

Religious upbringing trueblueinmo Monday #3

Raised catholic got wise Faux pas Monday #4

Agnostic here.... anciano Monday #5

I decided years ago SCantiGOP Tuesday #22

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

Fundamental markie Monday #6

Not religious at all - just moral Nigrum Cattus Monday #8

I was raised Universalist oberle Monday #9

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

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

Southern Baptist GigiLeigh 9 hrs ago #25

My oldest son nearly went insane from reading that book. NNadir 9 hrs ago #27

Raised Catholic. Family still is. Went to Catholic school 12 years. Srkdqltr 9 hrs ago #26