<p>I’m agnostic.
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<li><p>I stopped believing when I was 7 when I found out that there was no proof of god. Before I had just assumed god was known and proven, the way people talk about him. After I found out that it was all pretty much folklore, it kind of seemed ridiculous.</p></li>
<li><p>My parents are both apathetic agnostics. I don’t think they knew I ever believed in the first place, so they didn’t know when I stopped.</p></li>
<li><p>I do research. I’m agnostic, not atheist, so I am not afraid to search for things that are not in front of my eyes. If you want some readings that may cause you to reconsider death, I recommend Journeys Out of the Body by Robert A. Monroe. It is by no means hard proof, but if Monroe is telling the truth, it will certainly change your view of everything, especially since he approaches his metaphysical experiences very scientifically and even-handedly and is not a spiritualist crackpot. I would also recommend the works of Amit Goswami, who uses quantum physics to adress issues that are usually considered spiritual or religious. His books are very dense and hard to read, so only try it if you are ready to have your mind warped.</p></li>
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<p>I totally just stumbled upon this, but here’s my response:</p>
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<li>At what age did you lose your faith, if you had any and why?</li>
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<p>Around the age of 15/16 so fairly recently. My family was never religious and I had attended a Pentecostal church with friends mainly for the youth group. However, some things that occurred gave me bad vibes, almost cult-like so I left.
Since then, I’ve begun to believe that it is not my job to determine the existence of god. I think most of my criticism however, lies in organized religion,
2. What do your parents feel about it (how did they react when they found out)?</p>
<p>My parents aren’t religious, so I think they were relieved that they no longer had to shell out money for church retreats or constantly drive me to the church 3x a week.</p>
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<li>And how do you deal with the inevitability of death? (depresses me)
Like others have said before, it’s just that - inevitable. It will happen, so my goal is to be happy for as long as possible. I honestly don’t think about it too much.</li>
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<p>I consider myself agnostic, I still go to church for friends and listen to Christian bands like Prada and August burns Red for the messages
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<li>I don’t quite remember. I just stopped caring one way or the other.</li>
<li>My dad doesn’t give a crap about religion. My mom accepted it since she thinks I’ll go back when I grow up (which I believe will happen).</li>
<li>It’s gonna happen, so let it happen.</li>
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<p>Currently, I assess myself as a theistic agnostic. Unlike most of the posters above, I grew up and still do grow up in a very religious family. Every single family member including my extended family is a devout Christian. My mother and aunty are Sunday school teachers at the church I attend, my grandmother serves as one of the heads of the church, and my whole family makes sure they go to church every week. </p>
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<li><p>When I was 11 (7th grade). I started to question my beliefs, when I was read through several science articles online. One of these articles was linked to a conspiracy website. I was fascinated with the site’s religious conspiracies. Many of them seemed logical and made me diverge from my faith.</p></li>
<li><p>No one, but my closest friends know. If any one of my family members were to find out… I’d be dead.</p></li>
<li><p>Death is one of my greatest fears, but there is almost nothing I can do about it.</p></li>
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<li>At what age did you lose your faith, if you had any and why?</li>
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<p>Probably 4th-6th grade. I don’t even remember how I lost it. I just remember that it was when I started to really get into “science” and “rationalism”. It was probably gradual too. But I joined some forums (HeavenGames) in 6th grade, where there was already an active population of atheists, and that probably marked the point of no return.</p>
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<li>What do your parents feel about it (how did they react when they found out)?</li>
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<p>I’m the only avowed atheist/agnostic in my family, but they don’t really care (they’re not really religious).</p>
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<li>And how do you deal with the inevitability of death? (depresses me)</li>
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<p>Calorie restriction to maximize the chances of getting to a year where life extension technologies will take over (and the hopefully finding a way to speed up neural clock cycles so that I can perceive that time will slow down). Of course, it’s still inevitable because stars won’t last forever, but at least I won’t have to worry about it for a very very long time.</p>
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<li>At what age did you lose your faith, if you had any and why?</li>
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<p>When I was four. This kid and I got in an argument in preschool about whether god existed (and whether infinity was a number lol) and we both decided to ask our parents for definitive proof. My mom basically told me that nobody knew for sure if any sort of afterlife or god were real. </p>
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<li>What do your parents feel about it (how did they react when they found out)?</li>
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<p>I don’t think they completely realize it…anyways neither of them are that religious.</p>
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<li>And how do you deal with the inevitability of death? (depresses me)</li>
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<p>“Death is one of my greatest fears, but there is almost nothing I can do about it.”
^Pretty much this. When I think about it I freak out/can’t sleep, so I just try to avoid the subject.</p>
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<li><p>Never had any. I guess that’s because I had never seen proof of the existence of god.</p></li>
<li><p>I never really told them. Both of them are atheists as well, so I suppose they were happy that I didn’t believe in god.</p></li>
<li><p>I just live in the moment. I don’t worry about the future that far ahead. Besides, by then, the average death age is probably going to be a few years higher (at least) (hopefully), and it may keep increasing at an exponential rate (hopefully). I have no idea whether I’d get tired of living or not, though. At that age, I might not have a lot to live for, anyway.</p></li>
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<li><p>Lost my faith when I was 15. Sort of had a faith/denial crisis for a year before I eventually realized that religion is not for me.</p></li>
<li><p>I never told them, and I don’t plan on doing so, as they are religious and I fear the consequences of telling them. Yes, an ideal parent should accept their kid’s belief, but not every parent is ideal. Also, no reason to tell them.</p></li>
<li><p>I just don’t think about death. Honestly, the thought of eternal life scares me more than eternal death, so in a way I see death as a much better option.</p></li>
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