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ziq wrote

Nope. Organized anything isn't for me. I'm plenty spiritual, tho.

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DaisyDisaster wrote

Raised Southern Baptist, now getting into occultism and paganism.

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indi wrote

Born atheist; never disinformed.

But I was raised in a very Christian society. I had to say prayers every day in school, had to go to multiple Bible study classes a week (my parents were atheists too, but they couldn't not send me, or there would have been hell to pay, pun intended - worth it, though: I even learned how to study the various Bibles with Latin, Greek, and Hebrew concordances), and was harangued about religious stuff at just about every opportunity (for example, when I started playing music with my friends, the music teacher at school pulled us aside to warn us of the dangers of Satan in pop music, and even gave us a book on backmasking - also parents of friends often arranged sleepovers with pretty transparent intentions of taking me to Church Sunday morning). None of it stuck. I don't look back on it with anger or outrage. Their intentions were good; everyone thought they were "saving" me.

So: atheist, but I could quote chapter and verse at ya like the goddamn Pope if I wanted to.

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elyersio wrote

That's awesome. I (also atheist) have been trying to get into the bible, but to no avail. But you, you know thine enemy.

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sudo wrote

I am an atheist, and always have been.

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boringskip wrote

Member of the Satanic Temple, but atheist. I was raised "christian" but it wasn't a big deal.

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Random_Revolutionary wrote

Arent all "real" satanist atheist?

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indi wrote

While it's true that the most popular flavours of modern-day Satanism just think of Satan metaphorically, there are a lot of very real, non-atheistic, Satan-worshipping religions, like The Order of the Nine Angels.

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boringskip wrote

O9A is a nazi group like Joy of Satan. Even the actual devil worshipers think they're jokes.

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indi wrote

Yes, that's why they're so fresh in my mind (Nazis being in the news these days; Satanists, not so much). But they do believe in a literal Satan, and venerate him.

I know there are other groups that literally worship Satan, but my knowledge is mostly just about Canada and the UK, so I can't think of any more off the top of my head.

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boringskip wrote

99% I'd say, but I've met some theistic satanists. I'd prefer they call themselves Luciferians but they seem like decent folk. Quite a few in the Satanism room on Matrix.

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tamarack wrote

Big ups to my man Lucien Greaves. I really hope y'all's 12' tall Baphomet statue finds a home soon, so I can visit it.

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Zzzxxxyyy wrote

Grew up evangelical Christian and owned it for almost 15 years(late 20s). Eventually my mind’s “immune system” deleted it and I’ve been so happy since.

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Green_Mountain_Makhno wrote

Was raised hard-core mormon. Went to early-morning seminary every day before school, went on a 2 year mission. Happy atheist now.

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Cosmicsloth42 wrote

I was born catholic, and I was pretty religious up until middle school. Then I became a militant atheist. Nowadays I identify more as "spiritual" (I'm that asshole) I don't really like the idea of omnipotence and really don't like organized religious structures.

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