I always get here late. :(
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I would like to give the story of me as a child.
I was born to Christian parents from Christian families, although my parents were not very strict religiously. I was raised believing in Santa and Easter Bunnies and the like (you simply can't protect your child from Santa, people, he is everywhere). I remember turning skeptical at an early age, however, for some obscure reason. This did not happen because my parents told me there was no Santa, I simply, slowly, fell into it.
We never attended church, nor was I ever near a religious school. I never cared about religion, my parents never talked about it, it is not exactly an elementary school subject, and I grew up barely considering if it mattered whether there was a god. I knew I could live my life anyway.
 Then I hit middle school. This brought my skepticism about religion to light, 7th grade (13 years old) was when I started figuring out what denominations mattered for, began seeing different religions, realized how disrespectful Christians in TX were, and began to consider myself against religion. I attended a higher end school (in Texas), and even I didn't talk about my beliefs until I met an avid atheist student, who ranted and raved all day about atheism (and airplanes).
When he asked me if I was atheist I said I supposed so, and then I really began researching on the internet, and in books, and through students at school, what it meant to be atheist. I found out I liked the idea of atheism (this was also right after I started playing videogames, no correlation, however).
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All of this happened without a SINGLE discussion with my parents about religion, although this was probably due to the fact that I was too shy to ask. Students and teachers showed me all I needd to convince myself to become atheist, and my beliefs were massly revealed in the 8th grade.
Around this time our family began going to church, nearly every sunday for 6 months. I have never asked why, and have never found a reason. After this, halfway through the 8th grade, we stopped going to church again. This session of religion had an effect on me, I think, as it showed me loving and caring Christians, rather than the egotistical ones I knew. After this I decided I should be mor open, and began calling myself agnostic at the end of the 8th grade.
It was too late, however, for the people at school. and they mostly regard me as atheist ever since, now nearing the end of high school.
I can see nothing in the near future swaying my beliefs. Thanks if you read this wall.
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