Absolutely. I completely believed everything I read and heard. It's all I knew growing up.
This is a great example of how religion works, in general. I would like all religious people to close their eyes, and really honestly ask themselves, why they think they happen to believe the same thing that their parents believed (usually). When you're taught something from day 1, you believe it!
Part of why it's so insulting when a Christian tries to make it seem like I chose atheism, like I said "This is what I'm choosing to follow." No! I just didn't have a religious dogma shoved down my throat from day 1! They did, and now that's what they believe. Shocking.
Yet, Christians act like it's a conscious choice they made. "Yep! Totally believe in the talking snake and the brimstone and all the rest! Sure, my folks were Christians but that's not why I am, I just know that Jesus loves me and has a plan! Couldn't be because this is what my parents cemented into my 2 year old brain, no no no!" . . .
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This is a great example of how religion works, in general. I would like all religious people to close their eyes, and really honestly ask themselves, why they think they happen to believe the same thing that their parents believed (usually). When you're taught something from day 1, you believe it!
Part of why it's so insulting when a Christian tries to make it seem like I chose atheism, like I said "This is what I'm choosing to follow." No! I just didn't have a religious dogma shoved down my throat from day 1! They did, and now that's what they believe. Shocking.
Yet, Christians act like it's a conscious choice they made. "Yep! Totally believe in the talking snake and the brimstone and all the rest! Sure, my folks were Christians but that's not why I am, I just know that Jesus loves me and has a plan! Couldn't be because this is what my parents cemented into my 2 year old brain, no no no!" . . .
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