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Snakey
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--What is your (non-)religious affiliation?
Atheist.
--Why did you choose this belief over others? Is there any particular reason, or were you born into it?
I don't real feel it as ever a conscious choice, I sort of just slowly drifted towards towards it as I grew older. There was no great revelation.
--How strongly do you believe in your (non-)religious belief?
Pretty strongly, I'd say a solid 8/10. I have no reason to not (not) believe, but I do not know everything so I'm well within the capacity to be wrong. The moment I stand 100% confident in my atheism Jesus would come down just slap me in the face and laugh at how wrong I am.
--Do you actively attempt to convert others to your beliefs? Why or why not?
No. Not only is that dickish and a violation of other's privacy, it's also a lot of effort on my end that I'm not willing to commit.
--Do your parents/family share the same (non-)religious beliefs? Do they approve of your choice, disapprove, or feel nothing about it?
My parent's are genero-christians. They sort of just have a vague belief in god, my father significantly more so than my mother. The topic of my lack of religiosity rarely comes up, but when it does my mom is usually uncaring and just uses it as fodder for jokes, my dad on the other hand just sorta stares disapprovingly. There's nothing he can say to change my mind and he knows it.
--Did you always believe in your present (non-)religious belief, or did you convert later on in life? If so, what did you used to belief? Why did your beliefs change?
I think I answered this pretty well in the first question, but I guess I'll elaborate. I was born as a genero-christian, just don't be an asshole and you'll get into heaven type of thing. Religion never really came up as a big deal. The few times I was dragged to church was by more religious family members. I guess this whole lack of religious monitoring led to my eventual, creeping atheism. I was never given any reason to not be and atheist so it just sort of happened.
Pretty crappy 'elaboration', but I really can't think of anything else to say.
--Do your (non-)religious beliefs impact your ability to hold stable relationships (friendships, romances, et cetera) with others who do not share the same beliefs?
Nope. My distant aloofness and poor social skills are the catalysts of my relationship woes.
--Do you believe you could change your views now, or are they set in stone, never to be changed again?
Oh sure, life's a funny thing and you can never real predict where it may go. I'm only 21, plenty of time to find Buddha or something.
--Would you ever commit an act of violence in the name of your (non-)religious beliefs? If so, under what circumstances or conditions?
As humorous as it would be to fight for 'still-open-to-suggestion-should-a-reasonable-argument-be-made atheism' I'm going to mark this as a no.
--Do your (non-)religious views influence your political views? If so, how significantly?
My political beliefs essentially boil down to 'everything is shit and there's nothing that can be reasonably done to fix it'. So not really.
--Would you consider yourself agnostic or gnostic?
I think I've made it pretty clear that I'm Agnostic.
Atheist.
--Why did you choose this belief over others? Is there any particular reason, or were you born into it?
I don't real feel it as ever a conscious choice, I sort of just slowly drifted towards towards it as I grew older. There was no great revelation.
--How strongly do you believe in your (non-)religious belief?
Pretty strongly, I'd say a solid 8/10. I have no reason to not (not) believe, but I do not know everything so I'm well within the capacity to be wrong. The moment I stand 100% confident in my atheism Jesus would come down just slap me in the face and laugh at how wrong I am.
--Do you actively attempt to convert others to your beliefs? Why or why not?
No. Not only is that dickish and a violation of other's privacy, it's also a lot of effort on my end that I'm not willing to commit.
--Do your parents/family share the same (non-)religious beliefs? Do they approve of your choice, disapprove, or feel nothing about it?
My parent's are genero-christians. They sort of just have a vague belief in god, my father significantly more so than my mother. The topic of my lack of religiosity rarely comes up, but when it does my mom is usually uncaring and just uses it as fodder for jokes, my dad on the other hand just sorta stares disapprovingly. There's nothing he can say to change my mind and he knows it.
--Did you always believe in your present (non-)religious belief, or did you convert later on in life? If so, what did you used to belief? Why did your beliefs change?
I think I answered this pretty well in the first question, but I guess I'll elaborate. I was born as a genero-christian, just don't be an asshole and you'll get into heaven type of thing. Religion never really came up as a big deal. The few times I was dragged to church was by more religious family members. I guess this whole lack of religious monitoring led to my eventual, creeping atheism. I was never given any reason to not be and atheist so it just sort of happened.
Pretty crappy 'elaboration', but I really can't think of anything else to say.
--Do your (non-)religious beliefs impact your ability to hold stable relationships (friendships, romances, et cetera) with others who do not share the same beliefs?
Nope. My distant aloofness and poor social skills are the catalysts of my relationship woes.
--Do you believe you could change your views now, or are they set in stone, never to be changed again?
Oh sure, life's a funny thing and you can never real predict where it may go. I'm only 21, plenty of time to find Buddha or something.
--Would you ever commit an act of violence in the name of your (non-)religious beliefs? If so, under what circumstances or conditions?
As humorous as it would be to fight for 'still-open-to-suggestion-should-a-reasonable-argument-be-made atheism' I'm going to mark this as a no.
--Do your (non-)religious views influence your political views? If so, how significantly?
My political beliefs essentially boil down to 'everything is shit and there's nothing that can be reasonably done to fix it'. So not really.
--Would you consider yourself agnostic or gnostic?
I think I've made it pretty clear that I'm Agnostic.