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[–]112223sps 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm atheist and have been for a very long time. I'm so thankful my parents never took me to church and just let me make up my own mind instead of being brainwashed by religion. I think being skeptical about belief systems from a fairly young age has been a good thing for me. If you can't hear opposing views without throwing a fit, or defend your views without circular logic or just saying 'because that's how it is', then I'm going to have a very hard time taking you seriously or respecting you.

[–]-thedarkhorse-[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We are very lucky in our upbringing, it allowed us to develop our scepticism.