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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been reading DCUM for a while now, and I feel steeped in broken marriages, angry/depressed/overwhelmed parents, misbehaving children, and general snarkiness.  Almost never do I see a reference to a deep and profound faith, or even a thought about a Creator.  I do see plenty of snide comments about faith being only for the stupid, the weak, the unthinking, but I can't recall a single specific reason as to why belief in a Creator is so obviously dumb.

So now is your chance:  if you do not believe in God, why not?  Have you wrestled with this question and constructed a tight argument, or do you just not particularly care?[/quote]

I consider myself to be an atheist.

I was born into a Catholic family, although I never went to church, just CCD.  Around 6th grade, I started to have doubts with what I felt I was being taught.  Basically, it seemed that if I did something wrong, it was my fault.  If I did something right, that was "God."  Perhaps an oversimplification, but that was my take, and it didn't make sense to me.

The pro-choice/pro-life issue also alienated me from the church.  I'm still not sure why my CCD teachers focused on that issue, but they did, and it was alienating.

I was struck by the Mormon post recently.  My impression (which may be biased) was that many posters seemed to think the Mormon beliefs were ridiculous, but Christian beliefs were perfectly reasonable.  Whether Christianity, Judaism, Scientology, or Mormonism, to me, it all seems the same.  It requires a leap of faith I just can't make.

I 100% just do not believe Jesus is the son of "God."  I just don't.  And every time I am drawn to a church for a community experience, I can't reconcile this.

Also, I cannot believe that a god would be more concerned with where I am for an hour (or more) on Sunday vs. how I live my life.  If he/she is, I guess I'm screwed.

My impression of religion is that it fills the void of what we don't yet understand.  It keeps getting smaller.  (Oh, [b]that[/b][i] part of the Bible is not literal.)

What I do wrestle with is that I believe that the community of a parish, when used for positive means, is a good thing.  When I feel drawn to religion, it is always the "community" aspect that is appealing.

BTW, I'm very happy in my marriage, my kids do misbehave, but I think it is in the normal range of behavior.[/quote]

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