Afghanistan back under Taliban rule

*IndigoErth* · 08-19-2021, 01:02 PM

Sure, family teaching, but you think that sticks forever? Not to stress out theists or anything... Probably all non-theists come from families who used to follow a religion at one time, whether they are the first to quit it or not.

I'm not the first. Why did mine walk away from it? Dunno. Mom's side was Presbyterian, at least via my Grandmother's line out of Scotland. My grandparents never once spoke of religion, deities, or the like. No crosses or other religious tokens displayed anywhere. They were originally from Kansas, and family from other parts of the Midwest before them. The bible belt of all places. How or why they gave up religion is unknown. I think family were probably going through the motions of it for a while, keeping up on what was socially expected, until just giving it up.

Dad's side is a split between those who believe none of it and those who believe all of it. Not quite sure how that happened. We avoid that topic.

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08-19-2021, 01:02 PM	#27
IndigoErth Team Blue Boy Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: U.S., East Coast Posts: 16,296	Sure, family teaching, but you think that sticks forever? Not to stress out theists or anything... Probably all non-theists come from families who used to follow a religion at one time, whether they are the first to quit it or not. I'm not the first. Why did mine walk away from it? Dunno. Mom's side was Presbyterian, at least via my Grandmother's line out of Scotland. My grandparents never once spoke of religion, deities, or the like. No crosses or other religious tokens displayed anywhere. They were originally from Kansas, and family from other parts of the Midwest before them. The bible belt of all places. How or why they gave up religion is unknown. I think family were probably going through the motions of it for a while, keeping up on what was socially expected, until just giving it up. Dad's side is a split between those who believe none of it and those who believe all of it. Not quite sure how that happened. We avoid that topic.