Which would you think is a harder choice? Becoming an atheist as a kid/teen or becoming one as an adult? [Spirituality & Religion]

I decided to stop believing in God at an early age. Probably about 10 or younger. Problem is that my impending doom totally freaked me out as a kid. Thinking about how I would no longer exist at a certain point in the future.

I've come to terms with it now. I was just wondering about people that became atheist later on in life. How did it make you feel?

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bijouxbroussard · F

I’m not sure how one “decides” not to believe in something. One either believes or they don’t. You can decide not to tell anyone, and as a child it’s probably easier to do that, since you’re less likely to have much choice.

GuyThatEvery1Seems2Hate · M

@bijouxbroussard I "decided" not to believe in God because of of a number of reasons. I come from a Catholic school, so the idea of "God" is basically law. Classmates will constantly belittle you and question atheists as unenlightened and stupid.

bijouxbroussard · F

@GuyThatEvery1Seems2Hate I attended Catholic school too, and back then I believed, as I was still young and malleable. I stopped believing much later when what I’d been taught stopped making sense to me and seemed much more like folklore and superstition than fact. That seemed like enlightenment. It would’ve been much more difficult to have reached that epiphany as a child.

GodSpeed63 · 70-79, M

@GuyThatEvery1Seems2Hate

I come from a Catholic school, so the idea of "God" is basically law. Classmates will constantly belittle you and question atheists as unenlightened and stupid.

I'm heartily sorry that you were treated badly by your Catholic classmates I know how that can be. I grew up Catholic and was scared to death of God because I didn't know Him on a personal basis. It wasn't until I met Jesus Christ and asked Him into my heart that I've got to know God personally and have a reverence for Him.