When did you outgrow your atheist phase?

[Weedman]

I outgrew my atheist phase when I learned, (from experience) just how good many Christian women were at sucking dick

after that I said count me in! Im converting, damnett!
I started going to a christian church and got a christian wife who can suck a golf-ball through a garden hose
Her sisters aint too bad at it either

[Scandalf]

Quite condescending, don't you think?

I can't see the future of course, but unless one of the thousands of gods that people claim to exist knocks on my door one day and performs a couple of miracles or two for me, I doubt I'll ever "outgrow" this "phase".

Be careful of what you wish for, Lovecraft. Your "Gods" tend to be dangerous!

[Ars Moriendi]

18-19.
Utter disgust with "fellow atheists".

[cally]

Assuming it is something to "outgrow" is rather presumptuous, and dismissive towards atheists I am more than certain you would feel the same if the question was switched around asking, When Did You Outgrow Your Religious Phase.

+10000000

[Kale]

+10000000

As if the backbone of Atheism isn't dismissive towards religion?

...Anyways, when I got out of highschool.

[Methmatician]

Still going through it.

[LightHouse89]

Happened in reverse.

I outgrew my "Christian" Phase. Was baptized Episcopalian as a baby originally...became officially *Christian* in the very late teens, but never really felt right with it.

Renounced the whole lot a few years into my 20s and have happily remained an Agnostic Atheist ever since.

What is an agnostic atheist?

[LightHouse89]

I never really felt connected to christianity as I always saw it as an asian belief and very foreign to me...but there were parts of it I liked....I like how it use to keep kids in line and adults.... how it defended our traditional culture where I live and upheld the values. But once that was stripped away it has become rather a useless belief system....with its approach of 'who am I too judge' mentality.

[de Burgh II]

I outgrew it when I was fifteen out of utter disgust how some people act. People treated it as a "badge of merit" than an actually belief. Always trying to act as a pretentious pseudo intellectual and falsely inflate their ego as a part of their "rebellious" phase. I notice some people treat it as a "cult" and tried to amass a "religion"-like following that would spew things left and right not realizing how ignorant they were making themselves. When in essence is much rather a state of mind in the belief of scientific evidence and so forth. I chose not to associate myself with atheism because people are popularizing it as a "fad" like hipsters and so forth.


I guess when I reflected upon things without any angst ridden bias and rationalizing all the bias in my mind; I noticed I grew more perceptible and spiritual in a way. One way on the path of wisdom is to admit you don't know about everything out there rather than deluding ourselves otherwise. Admittance is the first step to ease all the subconscious bias firstly. The next step is the observation of perceivable reality. Influencing one's mind with pragmatic evidence than our own bias induced "evidence". Next is acceptance, accepting oneself for who you are rather than something you want to be.

This is why I'm agnostic because the truth is we really don't know what is truly out there. The human mind is a very intricate thing in its own way, when my mind was solely dictated by logic, I felt more like a robot; spewing things left and right to ensure whatever I did to compensate for my own ego boost. Whereas now after considerable time self reflecting and observing reality for what it is rather than how I wanted it to be; I mix both my logical side and spiritual side as one; it feels very uplifting in a sense. Before it felt like I was against my own mind by acting as a mindless follower/sheeple spewing things what I heard mindlessly without taking in account my own point of view on it truly. Now, it feels like my mind can truly be at peace and it feels like a dozen burdens have been uplifted. With spirituality it feels like you can truly connect with one's true self; who you really are and you feel one with your body and mind. As well feeling connected with the world around us.

That is why I admire more ancient european pagan beliefs because they seem more connected with the nature/earth rather than today's Abrahamic religions. They personified their perceptions spiritually from what they felt and were more relaxed and commendable in their intent. As well as Christianity because it teaches good family values and morals rather than this disgusting ghetto mentality nowadays. I would have to say it feels that the "cosmic forces" around us are nothing more than how the world works rather than how it is dictated. If we could apply this with scientific evidence with a touch a spiritualism we would both understand and be one with the world around us that would satisfy our mind in more ways than one.

[Aviator]

I don't know, and I don't really care.

Agnosticism for the win.