That's about the path I took, and the age. On May 17, 2013 2:50 PM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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:363584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
