Phantom
Uh, I didn't do it.
Re: Christianity
You mean you were raised Christian?
Um, no, there is no such thing as a non-demoninational Catholic. You are saying you are Christian. "Non-demoninational" clarifies to institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination; i.e. Catholicism.
EDIT: Done got ninja'd on that one.
A very fair weather Catholic then.
But why? You must have some reason as to why you apparently will never deny your faith. Though you don't seem to be supporting your belief at all.
Everyone here by now knows I am Atheist, and that I am not afraid to argue it either. Here is why I am what I am.
I was raised a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church. I went to Private Catholic school since I was in kindergarten. (Graduated from a school of the LaSallian rite, taught by Christian Brothers) (graduated in 2009) One being college prep. Which meant I took a minimum of two theology classes a year, in high school, aside from a life of religion. Two relatives are priests, my grandfather is a respected member of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and one of my best friends is joining the priesthood. I was an alter server for twelve years, received four of the seven sacraments. I also took a theology class in college as well as three philisophy classes..... I've also taken a World Religions course (Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Judaism) and a class on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. My move to atheism was hardly an uneducatd decision.
I had always doubted. The more classes and the more I learned the more I started to question. It started when my mother got cancer. I thought what God would do this to someone? It's a question that I understand is asked quite often. The Church had no answer than "God's will". I decided to research other religions, seeking answers, but alas, I found none. I believe that I was agnostic for most of my life, unsure of what to believe. The more questions, what I've seen, what I've lived through, they make no sense in a world with a loving God. I've lost friends to war, I saw the towers fall, my mom almost died, my best friends mom did. I volunteer with HCSO and Minneapolis Police, I helped when the 35w Bridge collapsed. I tried other religions, most in study, a few by practice but none made any sense.The last straw was when my church's priest was diagnosed with dementia and lost his mind, and the new priest was amazingly corrupt, and an alcholic to boot.
I kept learning, I kept seeing falts in the idea of faith. This blind faith that people attach themselves too... it's dangerous. Tell a man that frozen yogurt can make you immortal and he needs proof, tell him the book he keeps at his bed was written by and unseen deity that will judge the future of his living soul and he believes you without question.
My family doesn't understand. My mom regrets spending so much money to send me to Catholic school, and I turn out to be atheist. Thing is a lot of my classmates became atheist too, in the end, moreso, I think, than if I had taken public schooling. But personally, I wouldn't have traded those years at De for anything. It was a great school and one of the best experiences in my life. Because of ny lack of belief I have been shunned from family occasions, and have been dubbed an embarassment to the family.
A lot of people don't understand atheism. It's not a religion, it's not even a philosophy; technically the term shouldn't exist at all. I explain it using colors, atheism is like the color black, complete absense of color- atheism is the lack of belief. I know that's not completely right, but it is a way to explain it to someone who doesn't know anything about it.
You mean you were raised Christian?
Um, no, there is no such thing as a non-demoninational Catholic. You are saying you are Christian. "Non-demoninational" clarifies to institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination; i.e. Catholicism.
EDIT: Done got ninja'd on that one.
A very fair weather Catholic then.
But why? You must have some reason as to why you apparently will never deny your faith. Though you don't seem to be supporting your belief at all.
Everyone here by now knows I am Atheist, and that I am not afraid to argue it either. Here is why I am what I am.
I was raised a devout member of the Roman Catholic Church. I went to Private Catholic school since I was in kindergarten. (Graduated from a school of the LaSallian rite, taught by Christian Brothers) (graduated in 2009) One being college prep. Which meant I took a minimum of two theology classes a year, in high school, aside from a life of religion. Two relatives are priests, my grandfather is a respected member of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and one of my best friends is joining the priesthood. I was an alter server for twelve years, received four of the seven sacraments. I also took a theology class in college as well as three philisophy classes..... I've also taken a World Religions course (Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Judaism) and a class on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. My move to atheism was hardly an uneducatd decision.
I had always doubted. The more classes and the more I learned the more I started to question. It started when my mother got cancer. I thought what God would do this to someone? It's a question that I understand is asked quite often. The Church had no answer than "God's will". I decided to research other religions, seeking answers, but alas, I found none. I believe that I was agnostic for most of my life, unsure of what to believe. The more questions, what I've seen, what I've lived through, they make no sense in a world with a loving God. I've lost friends to war, I saw the towers fall, my mom almost died, my best friends mom did. I volunteer with HCSO and Minneapolis Police, I helped when the 35w Bridge collapsed. I tried other religions, most in study, a few by practice but none made any sense.The last straw was when my church's priest was diagnosed with dementia and lost his mind, and the new priest was amazingly corrupt, and an alcholic to boot.
I kept learning, I kept seeing falts in the idea of faith. This blind faith that people attach themselves too... it's dangerous. Tell a man that frozen yogurt can make you immortal and he needs proof, tell him the book he keeps at his bed was written by and unseen deity that will judge the future of his living soul and he believes you without question.
My family doesn't understand. My mom regrets spending so much money to send me to Catholic school, and I turn out to be atheist. Thing is a lot of my classmates became atheist too, in the end, moreso, I think, than if I had taken public schooling. But personally, I wouldn't have traded those years at De for anything. It was a great school and one of the best experiences in my life. Because of ny lack of belief I have been shunned from family occasions, and have been dubbed an embarassment to the family.
A lot of people don't understand atheism. It's not a religion, it's not even a philosophy; technically the term shouldn't exist at all. I explain it using colors, atheism is like the color black, complete absense of color- atheism is the lack of belief. I know that's not completely right, but it is a way to explain it to someone who doesn't know anything about it.
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