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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm loving this thread.  I don't think I'm quite an atheist, more like agnostic.  Like others, I went through the motions for most of my life and managed to survive an upbringing in the evangelical purity culture.

I think I started to lose my faith in organized religion when my first son was born.  I just couldn't believe that anyone would think something as vulnerable and innocent as a newborn could be inherently sinful.

The nail in the coffin I think would have to be several years later when he was old enough to go into children's church instead of the nursery.  I wouldn't let them move him up because I didn't want them to tell him he was going to hell.

I knew then I had to either sh*t or get off the pot.  I got off the pot and didn't go back.

I feel like I have my own honest connection with whatever the higher powers may be in this universe.  I also think that not a single soul on this Earth knows or has ever known the true nature of God.[/quote]

What church/denomination tells children in their children’s church that they are going to hell? Wouldn’t they tell them they are saved by Jesus, because He loves them?

How do you know not a single soul that has ever existed or exists on earth knows God?[/quote]
DP, but I remember learning about hell in Lutheran Sunday School. Of course, the intended focus was heaven and salvation through Jesus, and it was taught like we were all saved and isn't it so great that we'll go to heaven, while other people will go to hell? But they certainly touched on hell as a topic in contrast to heaven. Kids pick up on the hell stuff pretty early.[/quote]

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