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1. Lilla, 19, Budapest
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... were remarkably religion-like. I idolized my leaders as gods. I believed in ideologies as holy rules. I started out with an all-consuming interest in World War II when I was in kindergarten. (Learned to ...
2. Mark, 41, Nottingham
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I don't believe in gods because I was never convinced by the stories. I can vividly remember realising that Father Christmas wasn't real at about 7, but have no memories of ever believing any of the religious ...
3. Marcus, 29, New Delhi
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... me; good things weren't rewards (or in Christianese, "fruits") of good or right behavior. Wealth wasn't a sign of blessing, neither was poverty a mark of holiness. Things weren't "destined" to happen. ...
4. Mark, 56, Texas
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I don't believe in gods because it just does not make sense. It never has and it never will. It’s that simple. I’ve always believed that and I always will.
5. Les, 48, Columbus
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... doctored, edited, and changed at various times to fit what the particular sect wanted them to say.  The central point of Christianity, the resurrection of Jesus, was actually added to Mark at least 75 ...
6. Jeff, 46, Mississauga
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... the whole God part is pure mythology anyway. People love stories of the supernatural, even today, but it doesn't make any of it real. Meanwhile, the New Testament is just the marketing materials of the ...
7. Mark, 28, British Columbia
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I don't believe in gods because the world makes much more sense without them.  I was raised as a Christian, but over the years, too many things about the bible and mythology just seemed wrong or downright ...
8. Paul, 42, Canberra
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... ran for tax reasons) about the bible. As our happy-clappy pentecostal church was a little light on doctrine, I went to St Mark's theological library here in Canberra and read the Anglican confession of ...
9. Phillip, 55, Los Angeles
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... other religions. I had been raised in the Southern Baptist church and I suspect I was rebelling early. Around this same age I remember making a remark about the level of intelligence of our preacher after ...
10. Christopher, 24, Berlin
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... my Diplomarbeit (kind of a masters thesis) in physics, and I'm afraid physics has left it's mark on me ...  ...
11. Mark, 35, London
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I was brought up in a very vague CoE household. We never went to church, never did anything overtly religious - the topic was never really brought up. When a girlfriend of mine 'converted' to Christianity ...

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