Atheists: When was the first time you started realizing religion is a hoax?

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CuriousEm1

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Mine was in high school. I was in a Jewish youth group and wanted to know how many people actually knew the meaning of the prayers (spoken in Hebrew)....nobody knew. It was my first clue into what has turned into breaking free from the bonds of religion and into reality.


Please, no arguments or psycho babble about how I'm going to hell and all that. I just want to hear people's stories.
 
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Icarus

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I never really believed in it. My parents were religious, but kind enough to simply explain things and let me make my own decisions.
 
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Derek

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Somewhere in 10th grade. I gradually went from a believer to an atheist. I remember learning about Deism in 10th grade European History class and think that I was a deist. Sometime after that I became an atheist, but I don't know when exactly. I think I was also in a state of denial for a while where deep down I knew I was an atheist, but I had a poor misconception as to what a stereotypical atheist was and didn't like that. Then I came across Richard Dawkins and realized that atheist were no different from theist, except for belief in God. Once I began to educate myself on religion I knew for sure it was a hoax. It happened when I was either 15 or right after my 16th birthday. My faith as a kid wasn't very strong though.
 
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