It's funny. 13 was the age I was when I had a lot of questions. When all the canned answers didnt make sense anymore, and I wanted to talk to someone about it.
13 was the age I lost faith in the clergy. Every person of every denomination I talked to was not a good person. Dismissive. Angry. Non-"christian" in all the things I had been taught the word meant. 14 was the age I lost faith in organized religion. I saw the flaws of the congregation, and realized they did not at all believe in their spoken ideals. And the church was the accumulation of the worst of its congregation and clergy. I never lost my faith in God, but I did lose faith in the institutions of man. Since then, though, I have become more forgiving of personal foibles, and do not expect even clergy to be more than human. And I have met a lot of people who DO strive towards their own ideals. Which makes me want to strive harder towards mine. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > that seems to be a fairly common age. I wonder what it is about puberty > that kicks off that sort of reasoning. > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:28 PM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > Yep. About the same for me. > > > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Marlon Moyer <marlon.mo...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > about 30 years myself now. I think I was around 13 when I figured it > > out. > > > > > > > > > On May 17, 2013, at 10:45 AM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Atheist for nearly 30 years now... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:363583 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
