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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always had doubts and questions, but believed because that's what you're supposed to do.

Then I took a "Religion 101" class in college (taught by a practicing minister), and it clicked - ALL of it is so obviously made by up by humans. It's let myself accept the doubts and it was crystal clear. That was 25 years ago, and it's still crystal clear to me today that religion and gods are completely made up. [/quote]

THanks -- I wonder how much effect you think your non-belief has had on your life.  For instance, under what circumstances do you talk about your lack of religious belief? Do you talk about it much ? Did it affect your choice of partner?  If you have kids, how are you raising them?  [/quote]

DP, but I could have written what you responded to.

I actually speak about Christian values quite a bit, because I still have them even though I don't believe the stories any more than I believe in the tooth fairy.  There is nothing wrong with celebrating good values and culture that binds us together.  I actually think it's healthy.  Yes, I chose a partner who shares my values.  He was also raised in a Christian home and is not anymore.  We raise our children to be good people with the values we were raised with.  I send them to a Christian school and I tell them to figure out what they believe and I will support them.  One is atheist (15), the other doesn't know what to believe and asks so many questions.  She's 10.  The younger one has friends who are Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, agnostic, and Christian.  To her its a bit more like belonging to a set of traditions and celebrations.  Eventually she's going to have to think harder about all this.  And yes, I tell them we are cultural Christians, because we are.[/quote]

Christian values are supernatural. That's that "Christ" means.

Jesus of Nazareth's worldly philosophy is not Christian. It's Nazarethian humanist. [/quote]

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