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It's not a coincidence. Typically, with age comes wisdom--the wisdom to start questioning some of the crazy contradictory things about religion, especially Christianity. In older age an intelligent cognizant person will notice that their prayers never get answered; that God and Jesus make 0 manifestations in the natural world; that it is intellect or lack thereof, not some mythical Holy Spirit that guides their decision what to believe in and what not to believe in; that extremely devious money-hungry and power-hungry men set up the whole religion paradigm playing on men's fear of death and the unknown afterward.
I think, with rare exceptions, that any thinking theist who sees the suffering and evil overwhelming the world will reach the conclusion there is no God out there and this world is all we get. This of course doesn't explain Generation Z who are dropping out of religion in droves and entering the category known as "Nones" mostly because of the educational tools on the Internet now that expose the dirty shenanigans of the Church.
Live long enough, observe long enough, educate yourself long enough, read long enough and suffer with chronic pain long enough and I would guess that 90% of young theists will be atheist by the time they hit 60's-70's. Check out the member roster in here. I'd venture that with a few notable exceptions nearly all of the posters who claim to be atheist are old men and women. Many hugging their 50's and early 60's are likely agnostic. Most of the voracious theists in here are wet behind the ears greenhorns who haven't read the complete Bible or investigated their religion once. They rely on getting their beliefs from their equally ignorant friends and preachermen rather than from education. Of course they have been taught by jerks like John Piper and John MacArthur that education is the mortal enemy of a Christian's soul. Piper, for example, preaches such rubbish as "Staying Married is not About Staying in Love" and Don't Strive for a Happy Marriage, a Career and Retirement" and "Churches Should Kick Out Members who marry Non-Christians"
I frankly cannot sit through more than a few minutes of this nut talking because I get nauseous. It's clear to any clear-thinking person that this idiot is operating strictly off his own twisted mind rather than any spiritual "revelations".
I’m 34. I’ve been “officially” atheist since my very early 20s, but I was never more than loosey goosey agnostic before then. Nor was it a great epiphany. It was simply a subtle realization. As such, my personal philosophy and worldview didn’t really change as a result. Obviously, other people’s mileage can and will vary considerably.
I’m 34. I’ve been “officially” atheist since my very early 20s, but I was never more than loosey goosey agnostic before then. Nor was it a great epiphany. It was simply a subtle realization. As such, my personal philosophy and worldview didn’t really change as a result. Obviously, other people’s mileage can and will vary considerably.
Yes, considerably. You were one of the lucky ones. This is like being pre-programmed genetically to go bald before you're 30, or being beautiful because your parents are beautiful--and ugly because your parents are ugly, or having low cognizance while your sibling has high cognizance. All this is pre-programmed by nature. We have no control over it. God and Jesus have nothing to do with any of this; it's strictly biology and evolution. I was one of the low-cognizant individuals. I was raised in a Catholic environment. I had questions but didn't really think them through. Until I was in my early 60's I actually bought all the claptrap Christianity sold about Jesus dying on the cross. I didn't see through Christianity's scam until I was into my mid-60's. I owe my freedom to some individual in here circa 2012 who challenged me to investigate Christianity's nefarious history and was shocked by what I uncovered. Prior to that I fell for all the crap fruitcakes like John Piper spew (who I feel is more than just a harmless nutjob--he's a true menace to the minds of pliable young people in the same way skinheads and radical extremists groups are.
Last edited by thrillobyte; 03-07-2023 at 09:07 AM..
Also not right.
Pew Research shows just the opposite :
“ In the U.S., atheists are mostly men and are relatively young, according to the 2014 Religious Landscape Study. About seven-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (68%). The median age for atheists is 34, compared with 46 for all U.S. adults. Atheists also are more likely to be white.”
Also not right.
Pew Research shows just the opposite :
“ In the U.S., atheists are mostly men and are relatively young, according to the 2014 Religious Landscape Study. About seven-in-ten U.S. atheists are men (68%). The median age for atheists is 34, compared with 46 for all U.S. adults. Atheists also are more likely to be white.”
Yes, considerably. You were one of the lucky ones. This is like being pre-programmed genetically to go bald before you're 30, or being beautiful because your parents are beautiful--and ugly because your parents are ugly, or having low cognizance while your sibling has high cognizance. All this is pre-programmed by nature. We have no control over it. God and Jesus have nothing to do with any of this; it's strictly biology and evolution. I was one of the low-cognizant individuals. I was raised in a Catholic environment. I had questions but didn't really think them through. Until I was in my early 60's I actually bought all the claptrap Christianity sold about Jesus dying on the cross. I didn't see through Christianity's scam until I was into my mid-60's. I owe my freedom to some individual in here circa 2012 who challenged me to investigate Christianity's nefarious history and was shocked by what I uncovered. Prior to that I fell for all the crap fruitcakes like John Piper spew (who I feel is more than just a harmless nutjob--he's a true menace to the minds of pliable young people in the same way skinheads and radical extremists groups are.
I grew up in a non-Orthodox Jewish family in a highly educated, affluent, and also distinctly Jewish area just outside a large, cosmopolitan city. From that vantage point, folks like me are a dime a dozen. There is now an increasing Orthodox Jewish population in my hometown, but they tend to be of the more worldly-facing modern variety. And even the most highly-observant Orthodox Jews in the area usually keep to themselves and bother no one.
But I appreciate that we all come from different backgrounds—believers or otherwise—and have had different religious and spiritual journeys. It makes the discussion far more interesting and enlightening.
A lot of people have either said how old they are or have said things that make their age fairly obvious. For example, QuakerBaker has said how old she is, Mystic has said he is in his 80s, Thrill said he is retired, mordant wants to retire, MQ retired shortly before she became a moderator, and I retired about the same time I took the moderating job. I'm sure if I think about it, I can guess some others' ages.
A lot of people have either said how old they are or have said things that make their age fairly obvious. For example, QuakerBaker has said how old she is, Mystic has said he is in his 80s, Thrill said he is retired, mordant wants to retire, MQ retired shortly before she became a moderator, and I retired about the same time I took the moderating job. I'm sure if I think about it, I can guess some others' ages.
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