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Date and Time: Saturday, May 3, 2003, 15:15 PST
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From:
Kayly
email
lildancerfromsk@hotmail.com
Message:
I was brought up as a catholic child. My mom and dad are both
catholic. My dad more than my mom. I'm 12 years old, and I have chosen to become
an atheist. I go to a catholic school, I always have. I've listened and I've
learned. None of it makes any s
ense to me, and there is hypocricy in every corner. I have been talked to
endlessly by friends, family, and even guidance counselors to re-think my
decision. I don't see why. I'm not trashing the so-called God that they believe
in. I've just chosen to t
hink of it as a bunch of bull shit. They can believe all they want but I
like to have an open, free mind. I've been asked by people I have just met why
I'm atheist. I just tell them its because Christianity and Catholicism doesn't
help me. I've had peop
le assume I have no morales. Just because I don't have a God to "guide" me,
doesn't mean I'm a complete idiot. I have never indulged in drugs, alchol, or
any other thing that would be harmful to me at such a young age. I have friends
who were baptised a
s babys, (I haven't been) and who have followed their religion very
closely, who have screwed up their lives already. I'm no longer friends with
these people though because they were trying to bring me down with them.
It all goes to show that religions may enforce these morales, but
really, if you think about aren't all the 10 commandments just common sense? My
brother is an atheist too, hes 15. Some people think I am too young to make this
decision for myself. Wel
l why not? I have the intelligence to think it out. Just because I have not
spent as many years on Earth as some, doesn't mean that I can't possibly
understand. It just means I have that much more time to think things out.