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Atheists & Agnostics

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18. I was raised mainstream ECLA Lutheran

Sat Oct 27, 2012, 03:21 PM

Oct 2012

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An unusually large percentage of the Atheists I meet [View all] Mr.Bill Oct 2012 OP

Count me in. evlbstrd Oct 2012 #1

I wouldn't know, I've never knowingly met another atheist Fumesucker Oct 2012 #2

how to spot an atheist Armin-A Nov 2012 #24

I know where you can meet LOTS of them on Sunday morning. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2013 #29

I've pointed it out for many years Warpy Oct 2012 #4

I consider myself a Catholic school survivor. smokey nj Oct 2012 #5

I was invited to leave catholic school in the second grade. Iggo Oct 2012 #6

Absolutely Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #9

Or were raised as Southern Baptists... like me! n/t kdmorris Oct 2012 #7

Ditto on that one. Neoma Oct 2012 #20

Most of the kids I went to school with were catholic. beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #8

I'll go against the tide here. JNelson6563 Oct 2012 #10

Although it doesn't mirror my path to Atheism, Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #11

understand completely sammythecat Aug 2013 #25

That wasn't the case for me. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #12

Not for me...but I think it may have been a factor for my sister DagoRed Oct 2012 #13

"St. Fisting of the Bloody Terror" beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #14

"Our Lady of the Erroneous Assumption" is just down the block. nt GliderGuider Oct 2012 #15

Hi GG! beam me up scottie Oct 2012 #19

Welcome to DU! I think you'll fit in nicely! Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #22

I was raised mainstream ECLA Lutheran Odin2005 Oct 2012 #18

Indeed, I've noticed that... meeshrox Oct 2012 #21

Include me in. Simo 1939_1940 Nov 2012 #23

Count me in as well ... Trajan Aug 2013 #26

Catholicism itself had very little to do with it for me. LostOne4Ever Aug 2013 #27

I was 'saved' from religion much earlier than catholic school. AtheistCrusader Sep 2013 #30