I am an Atheist and always have been

Religion has been around at least since the Greeks ruled their known world. If they all went away today, there'd be plenty more to replace them tomorrow.

I don't subscribe to any, however, I was "baptized" as a Lutheran. I went to war wearing dog tags that said "no pref" where my religion is supposed to go.

What I believe is that there is a power in the universe that we're all a part of. For some reason, we've been manifested here on this rock to spend an undisclosed amount of time, or experience a certain amount of rotations on our axis as we also rotate around the star were stuck with.

We are forms of energy. We consume energy in order to continue riding this rock, that also happens to have an abundance of the type of energy we need to keep living. ..and it's continuously regenerating more energy.

There's a law in physics called the Law of the Conservation of Energy. ..it states that energy can't be created or destroyed. If you think your existence defies the laws of physics, I dare you to defy the ones that come with immediate consequences until you get to the one about the conversation of energy. ..

Though raised Roman Catholic, I always felt like I was going through the motions rather believing. When a Sunday school teacher explained "limbo", that’s when I really started doubting.

Whenever I see a sermon I'm like yeah, this is for people who can't derive morality through the golden rule and observation. And need someone else to tell them how to divine right from wrong. Of course this isn't the only reason people do church. Just a thought I had during a Valentine's Day sermon I was present for at a religious affair.

I guess I've been atheist since about age 14. I was raised in a Christian church by a christian family. By time I reached high school age that whole concept just didn't make sense to me..

While I don't believe in the god of the bible I concede that there could be some intelligence behind the creation of the universe. But it certainly was not some entity that wants to be adored and worshiped for eternity.

Everlasting boredom? 😁