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Iggo

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18. Don't know, but my gut says it's gotta be most of us.

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Wed Aug 23, 2017, 01:36 PM

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What percentage of atheists do you think were churchgoers until reaching some age? [View all] MineralMan Aug 2017 OP

Church attendance has been falling steadily from its peak in the 1950s Warpy Aug 2017 #1

I'd think a much higher percentage of the older generation as attendance has dropped off bettyellen Aug 2017 #2

I was an altar boy (unmolested!) SonofDonald Aug 2017 #3

Good question. Freelancer Aug 2017 #4

I guess your Sunday School teacher had no answer for that question. MineralMan Aug 2017 #7

You bet. Freelancer Aug 2017 #8

Either that or someone offers up some sort of apologetics MineralMan Aug 2017 #9

I've been very extremely stressed considering a dear heart and his family and associates sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #37

Ex not even really a catholic. pamdb Aug 2017 #5

I like to tell people I was an altar boy...but only once! SwissTony Aug 2017 #6

Days of Holy Obligation Cartoonist Aug 2017 #17

Once I realized that the Catholic church I grew up in was nonsense... Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #10

For me, death is just the end of my journey. MineralMan Aug 2017 #11

When you die your energy just changes into a different energy Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #20

Energy, as a general rule, changes to heat, and then dissipates. Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #21

reincarnation does not guarantee you come back as a person Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #22

If this reality is a simulation... Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #23

If we can choose the form of our reincarnation, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #30

If reincarnation is a real thing, it makes sense that people don't remember The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #28

Agnostic nearing Atheisim Runningdawg Aug 2017 #12

I think most of us had church LakeArenal Aug 2017 #13

I never went to church. AtheistCrusader Aug 2017 #14

You wrote this: guillaumeb Aug 2017 #15

They are common human failings. MineralMan Aug 2017 #16

Go ahead. Everbody jump on me (my post). sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #26

Because for some, any imperfections in believers are apparently seen as "proof" guillaumeb Aug 2017 #35

Is it, now? Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #39

You may have implied and it may have been inferred sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #36

Don't know, but my gut says it's gotta be most of us. Iggo Aug 2017 #18

I'm the son of a rabbi DavidDvorkin Aug 2017 #19

I have been atheist since before I ever heard of atheism Orrex Aug 2017 #24

A sizable majority. Act_of_Reparation Aug 2017 #25

It might depend on whether the person was brought up in an oppressive The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2017 #27

Personally, I don't really care what a person believes. MineralMan Aug 2017 #29

I became an atheist handmade34 Aug 2017 #31

Yes. I have met others who have the same thing to say. MineralMan Aug 2017 #32

most people handmade34 Aug 2017 #33

Yes, I'm sure of that, although most wouldn't make that public. MineralMan Aug 2017 #34

Oooh. no text. sprinkleeninow Aug 2017 #38

I think a pretty large portion of them DBPhenomenal Sep 2017 #40