Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derek" data-source="post: 1968307" data-attributes="member: 211050"><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>