Re: What age group do you fall into?

[curiosityandthecat]

Having no religious affiliation spikes in the 20s. When people pair up and start thinking about families, there is a tendency to shift back toward religion. I suppose that explains the large population in that demographic.

Still, I'll be proud to say "I'm an atheist" all the way through my 90s, if I'm lucky enough to live that long.  

[gwyn428]

I'm excited because my kiddo is graduating from high school next year and I'll only be 36!  Woohoo, time to find a life. (Please don't do the math, yes I was a little frisky in the early days, ha!)

I already did the math when I learned your age.  

[Ihateyoumike]

I hope I still talk to you guys when you are frantically plucking gray hairs in your cars on the way to work,  :eek2:

[VanReal]

Uh oh, good thing I don't have anyone to answer to, hehe.  I'm a little disappointed that I am the geezer of this group.

As far as what Curio was saying, I think it's the opposite.  It took me several "pairings" and having kids to figure out that I needed to stop pretending to believe in something I didn't.  Focusing on people rather than fantasy really makes a person realize what in the world they are doing.

Yikes, now I sound like a big whore....

[VanReal]

I hope I still talk to you guys when you are frantically plucking gray hairs in your cars on the way to work,  :eek2:

Oh no!  You need to find a way to de-stress.  You may not grow a full one, most men can't, hence the creation of the soul patch and gottee (spelling?).  My son has been shaving since he was 13 poor thing, he has a few grays too, I think you either get them or you don't.  There's always "Just for Men"!

[Ihateyoumike]

There's always "Just for Men"!

I figure, I'll just make the gray hairs look good.

[Whitney]

When people pair up and start thinking about families, there is a tendency to shift back toward religion.

That's probably because they don't know how to teach kids morality without playing the God card.

I hope I still talk to you guys when you are frantically plucking gray hairs in your cars on the way to work,

I'm a little disappointed that I am the geezer of this group.

Don't worry,  you aren't.  The old guys just haven't posted yet   I say old with the upmost respect and admiration.

Yikes, now I sound like a big whore....  

If it makes you feel better, I was very free with my sexuality when I was younger.  Still would be if I hadn't met someone I wanted to settle down with.

[curiosityandthecat]

As far as what Curio was saying, I think it's the opposite.  It took me several "pairings" and having kids to figure out that I needed to stop pretending to believe in something I didn't.  Focusing on people rather than fantasy really makes a person realize what in the world they are doing.

I'm just reporting the statistics.

Arnett, J. J. & Jensen, L. A.  (2002.)  A Congregation of One: Individualized Religious Beliefs Among Emerging Adults.  Journal of Adolescent Research, 17(5): 451-467.

[jrosebud]

When people pair up and start thinking about families, there is a tendency to shift back toward religion.

That's probably because they don't know how to teach kids morality without playing the God card.

It's actually funny, that bit about god and morality: those kids who are subjected to a dogmatic, god-based code of morality progress down the road of ethical development *more slowly* than their non-indocrinated peers.  (I need to find the scientific study this bit of data came from; it's in a box in the garage somewhere.  I will search for it in earnest if anyone is interested.)

[Whitney]

It's actually funny, that bit about god and morality: those kids who are subjected to a dogmatic, god-based code of morality progress down the road of ethical development *more slowly* than their non-indocrinated peers.  (I need to find the scientific study this bit of data came from; it's in a box in the garage somewhere.  I will search for it in earnest if anyone is interested.)

I would be very interested in that study; however I don't want you to have to trouble yourself in finding it.  I just want to share it with some freethinker parents I know.

[jrosebud]

It's actually funny, that bit about god and morality: those kids who are subjected to a dogmatic, god-based code of morality progress down the road of ethical development *more slowly* than their non-indocrinated peers.  (I need to find the scientific study this bit of data came from; it's in a box in the garage somewhere.  I will search for it in earnest if anyone is interested.)

I would be very interested in that study; however I don't want you to have to trouble yourself in finding it.  I just want to share it with some freethinker parents I know.

*adds it to her to-do list*  

[Recusant]

OK, I knew that H.A.F. was for the most part a young group; I'm a doddering ancient by the standards of this board, it seems.  Still, I don't look quite as time-worn as my avatar.
  Having lived a very active life, I'm still relatively pain-free ('cept for some mornings) though I do have plenty of scars and a strange bump or two from broken bones that weren't set properly.  I'm lucky you put the poll here this year; soon I'll be past the half-century mark.

[McQ]

Another oldster, here. Well, at least according to the calendar. I still feel like I did when I was 27. Of course, when I was 27, I had already had two knee surgeries, foot surgery, back pain, and arthritic changes in my shoulders. Oh, and two concussions, two broken ribs, cracked sternum, broken right arm, broken kneecap, loads of stitches (ice hockey player through college and into aldulthood), and a busted tailbone (which occurred at the same time as the cracked sternum and one of the concussions).

Evel Knievel was a sissy.
   

Oh, no complaining about gray hair, people! I'd kill for a full head of gray hair, or a full head of any color hair!

[curiosityandthecat]

Oh, no complaining about gray hair, people! I'd kill for a full head of gray hair, or a full head of any color hair!

You and me both, brotha. You and me both.

[joeactor]

Don't worry,  you aren't.  The old guys just haven't posted yet   I say old with the upmost respect and admiration.

...zzzzZZZZZ ... Huh!?!?  What!
Who are you men?  And where's my soup!?!?

I'm 45 going on 46... but my scale says I'm in my 20's!

To be honest, I'm in better shape all-round now than when I was actually in my 20's.  That includes physical, mental, emotional - everything but money ;-)

I wish the same to all you young-uns.

Now, Get Off My Lawn!

JoeActor