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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, I just don't feel like I can accept it anymore and I drift further and further away from religion each year. I don't want to be like that because it doesn't seem right at all to become an Atheist.

Even though my father was one, I could never understand why he chose not to believe in God. I cannot make that choice because my conscience wouldn't let me.[/quote]

Why would your conscience urge you to believe something that isn't true (by your beliefs)?  You can be a good person who does good works still. Are you worried that you won't be a good person without the threat of eternal punishment?[/quote]

Because I don't feel right accepting that God is probably a myth. I could give a flying fuck about eternal damnation. Based on the bullshit I get from Evangelicals, I'm already going there because I"m not straight, so why should I care? I'm a good perosn with or w/o religion, I just feel that I cannot truly accept that religion is fake and that God is not real. I was raised Catholic, my kids will be Catholic and I will die a Catholic; I cannot in good conscience allow myself to become a nonbeliever. There have been many things that have happened in my life that have reinforced my belief in the Lord and to disavow him now would be stupid.[/quote]

I don't think I understand your reasons. I'm not attacking them, I'm just confused. If you feel a healthy emotional attachment to the community and rituals of Catholism, you should acknowledge and honor that but if you mean to give another reason I'm missing it. [/quote]
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What I am saying is that I will probably remain a Catholic until I die. I cannot embrace Atheism because it feels wrong and it goes against how I was raised.[/b][/quote]

So are your only choices Catholicism or Atheism?

You don't need to embrace Atheism to try to understand it, or at least accept that others understand it.[/quote]

I have no incentive to become a Protestant. [/quote]

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