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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a fringe pentecostal church with a big focus on hell and the rapture. We were encouraged to speak in tongues at a young age. At around age 7 I remember trying to speak in tongues and realizing that the only way I could was to make it up. At first I felt that something must be wrong with me, but I later realized everybody was making it up. As a teen we had altar calls and people would fall over like dominos. I went up once and thought I was just going to fall over too, but the minister put his hand on my forehead and actually tried to push me down to the ground. I have more stories, but that was a turning point for me. When I was 18, I decided that church wasn't for me. I tried mainstream and non-denominational Christianity for awhile, but what really turned me to agnosticism was traveling to non-Western cultures. I couldn't fathom that most people there were going to hell by default because they were Muslim or Buddhist or Hindu. I decided it was better to believe in no god than to believe in a god who would create people that were predestined to hell from the beginning. As an agnostic I recognize religion as a manmade institution that promotes social cohesion, but also social control and tribalism.[/quote]

It sounds like you're an agnostic (don't know) AND an atheist (don't believe)[/quote]

I really believe it's impossible to know if there is or is not a god. I don't actively believe, but I accept that it is a possibility. But I think if there is a god, whether or not we believe in it or worship it isn't relevant. I'm not sure exactly where I am on the atheistic/agnostic spectrum, but I'm definitely on it.[/quote]

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