Why do teenagers become atheists?
Theory A) Their parents lied about tooth fairy, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, so why believe in Jesus?
Theory B) Their hormones are raging, & they realize religion is about rules & limitations.
Theory A) Their parents lied about tooth fairy, Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, so why believe in Jesus?
Theory B) Their hormones are raging, & they realize religion is about rules & limitations.
Anonymous
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There may be as many reasons as there are teens who do so -- I vere away from generalizing about folks I've never met.
Mitch V
Personally I did not become atheist till I was in my 30's so neither A or B apply. They may have become atheist for the same reason I did.
C) They came to a logical conclusion based on facts that there are no deities and everything has a more logical explanation than just being poofed into existence.
Anonymous
It is called becoming an adult, and learning to live in reality.
Santa, tooth Fairy, god, Tinker Bell, all go in the pretend friend category.
Religion is not about rules, it is about money. Just one word, money.
Kels
Neither. I was 12 ands so technically not a teenager. I realised it was completely unreasonable and I have maintained that idea.
A
As a former catholic, I personally felt that the church really had no say in my life. Or the right to say anything about how I lived it, so I dropped the religion. Best decision I ever made. that, combined with the sheer absurdity of the 'holy book' pretty much showed me how full of **** adults are.
As an adult now, I can confirm that my fellow adults are also all full of ****. So when you think about it, it's just a combination of both.