When I was tiny, I thought I was religious.
I never believed any of it but for some reason I was under the impression that no one else did either -that it was just something you play along with like Santa or The Easter Bunny.
I thought religion was one big game of pretend that everybody in the whole world (the people you see in preschool & church is "everybody in the whole world" when you've just graduated from being a toddler) knowingly participated in!
As soon as I started to understand that we were actually expected to take this stuff seriously, I didn't care to play anymore.
I love playing pretend to this day but I don't confuse the part I play with how I really feel.
What can I say? Sheep-ism doesn't suit me.
Atheists, were you once religious, or were you never religious?
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When I was tiny, I thought I was religious.
I never believed any of it but for some reason I was under the impression that no one else did either -that it was just something you play along with like Santa or The Easter Bunny.
I thought religion was one big game of pretend that everybody in the whole world (the people you see in preschool & church is "everybody in the whole world" when you've just graduated from being a toddler) knowingly participated in!
As soon as I started to understand that we were actually expected to take this stuff seriously, I didn't care to play anymore.
I love playing pretend to this day but I don't confuse the part I play with how I really feel.
What can I say? Sheep-ism doesn't suit me.