Reply #11: I never 'became' an atheist.

[RaleighNCDUer]

We are all born atheists. Then we are indoctrinated throughout childhood to believe the unbelievable. We are allowed to learn that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy are not real, but are smacked down for coming to the logical conclusion that God and the Great Pumpkin are also fictional.

I first slipped into doubt at about 9 years old, and started trying to define 'god'. Pretty much came up with 'The Force' 15 years before Lucas put it on film. From there to agnosticism, and then to atheism. Returned to christianity via Alcoholic Anonymous (a stealth proselytisation program) but never could buy into the Jesus thing, so converted to the 'religion of reason' and stayed there for several years until concluding that it is just as unreasonable as its descendants - all the logic and rationalizing in the world is futile when based on an unprovable assertion in the first place.

Now I no longer concern myself with religion - only morality and ethics.