Title: nearly fully recovered catholic
Post by: squibalicous on October 31, 2009, 04:54:40 AM
Post by: squibalicous on October 31, 2009, 04:54:40 AM
Hi all!
I suppose my path to atheism is much like others. It started when I was eleven, just before my confirmation. My mother sat my brother and I down to explain why she never went up to receive the Eucharist. Apparently my father was married and divorced before marrying Mom and raised Baptist. Somehow this meant that my mother was unworthy to receive communion. At eleven I couldn't understand why my mother was being punished for something my father did, divorced, etc. Hadn't learned the word misogyny yet but I knew when I saw it, even at eleven. For the next fifteen years or so I would best describe myself as agnostic. Entirely distrustful of organized religion but desiring of the false comfort religious faith is suppose to impart. Then one Christmas season years ago it hit my, like a revelation
It was all just ridiculous. There is nothing but this moment, this world, this life. What I have struggled with is how to define my personal moral code without relaying on Judeo-Christian doctrinal teachings. That is not to say that I am unhappy. I'm actually very happy. Being an atheist came in handy when my mother died. The grieving process was far less wrought with anguish. No worries about where she'd end up.
So that's my story.
squib-
I suppose my path to atheism is much like others. It started when I was eleven, just before my confirmation. My mother sat my brother and I down to explain why she never went up to receive the Eucharist. Apparently my father was married and divorced before marrying Mom and raised Baptist. Somehow this meant that my mother was unworthy to receive communion. At eleven I couldn't understand why my mother was being punished for something my father did, divorced, etc. Hadn't learned the word misogyny yet but I knew when I saw it, even at eleven. For the next fifteen years or so I would best describe myself as agnostic. Entirely distrustful of organized religion but desiring of the false comfort religious faith is suppose to impart. Then one Christmas season years ago it hit my, like a revelation
It was all just ridiculous. There is nothing but this moment, this world, this life. What I have struggled with is how to define my personal moral code without relaying on Judeo-Christian doctrinal teachings. That is not to say that I am unhappy. I'm actually very happy. Being an atheist came in handy when my mother died. The grieving process was far less wrought with anguish. No worries about where she'd end up.So that's my story.
squib-
Title: Re: nearly fully recovered catholic
Post by: LoneMateria on October 31, 2009, 01:18:25 PM
Post by: LoneMateria on October 31, 2009, 01:18:25 PM
Thanks for sharing your story. I hope you enjoy this forum ^_^
Title: Re: nearly fully recovered catholic
Post by: McQ on October 31, 2009, 01:18:47 PM
Post by: McQ on October 31, 2009, 01:18:47 PM
Welcome to the forum! Thanks for sharing your background. Confusing a child: yet one more benefit of religion. 
Glad to have you here.
Glad to have you here.
Title: Re: nearly fully recovered catholic
Post by: Renegnicat on November 01, 2009, 03:11:36 AM
Post by: Renegnicat on November 01, 2009, 03:11:36 AM
Wait--She couldn't accept communion cause her husband had been divorced? What kind of old-school, mafia-run papal state did you live in? I took communion before I was confirmed, and I masturbated in the church restroom afterwards.
Only the pope and jesus christ know how much sorrow I've gone through for doing that.
Only the pope and jesus christ know how much sorrow I've gone through for doing that.
Title: Re: nearly fully recovered catholic
Post by: squibalicous on November 01, 2009, 03:31:07 PM
Post by: squibalicous on November 01, 2009, 03:31:07 PM
Quote from: "Renegnicat"What kind of old-school, mafia-run papal state did you live in?
Diocese of Fall River, MA...diocese that gave us child-rapist and priest James Porter. Funny you term it mafia-run, as it happens a priest that served at my family's church was later accused of embezzling upwards of $800,000 from another church.
Title: Re: nearly fully recovered catholic
Post by: Renegnicat on November 01, 2009, 06:36:46 PM
Post by: Renegnicat on November 01, 2009, 06:36:46 PM
*laughs* Apparently he didn't get away with it. What is it with catholic church and little boys, anyway? I'm pretty sure my father isn't like that. But he does have a huge ego. Very big ego. 