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Hi! Before I start, I just want to say that I am still pretty young(15) so I don't know as much and haven't experienced as much as most of you-but nevertheless I'm Atheist. I was "forced" to go to Sunday school/church until I was 7. I never enjoyed it and I think I questioned too much. I guess I acted like I was learning and having fun because my Granma and Dad thought it was all true. But then I spoke up and said I tired of it. So I stopped going. I never really told anyone else that I didn't believe in god because I didn't know that much. My parents had divorced when I was 3, and I only saw my mom on weekends and holidays. My dad had a serious drinking problem and was very addicted to cigarettes. Until I was 11, I had to live with the heavy second-hand smoke and his weird and sometimes scary ways. Then I went to live with my mom. She never said anything about christians or any religion. I met my now best friend in 7th grade, and she was Wiccan. We both thought the christian beliefs were BS. I started reading up about non-believers and such. I have always LOVED science, especially meteorology and astronomy(even thought meteorology is a sin lol). My friend told me about Atheism, and I read about it and I thought it fit me very well. So now I could tell people about it. I hear about a lot(too many) Atheists who are afraid to come out and tell. I make sure people know I am. This year has been a little harder than others. I am friends with almost everyone in my grade, and I am an above average student. But I feel that I'm looked down upon because I'm Atheist. This one guy calls me ignorant all the time. I'm always asked to prove that there isn't a god. I am Atheist because there isn't enough proof, not because I can prove it. I have many conversations with christians online and at school. One time a guy was asking me too many questions on subjects that I'm not finished reading about and deciding. So he said he thought if someone was with a certain belief, they should know EVERYTHING about it. I haven't been studying that long, so I don't know EVERYTHING. And I probably never will. So I just ignore people like that. There are somewhere around 240 million Atheists in the world(maybe more). I'm glad that there is a good number of logical thinkers. I hate when christians say "god did it". That doesn't even explain ANYTHING. I don't smoke, drink or commit any crimes. Christians dam* me to hell almost everyday-they say, "Well, that's nice, but don't you know you're going to hell?" I just say, why bother? I don't even believe in it. I've been to a web page that states that Atheists MUST worship satan, since they don't worship god. Geez that guy was not educated. I am not going to force my beliefs on my kids, but I will try to make them see what is logical and what is a hoax or obvious lie. I hope to meet more Atheists, so if you want to talk, just IM me sometime(I cannot accept email in advance because of a mailing list). Thanks for listening. |