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Re:Google employee resigns after ‘retaliation’ for protestin... by dctoedt on Thursday September 01, 2022 @05:08PM (#32683219)
> As a former atheist

Mind if I ask what your path was? I called myself an agnostic starting at about age 12 (and was a doubter from age 5), but eventually worked my way around to concluding that something was going on.

Some of my musings on that subject:

- https://www.questioningchristian.com/2006/06/metanarratives_...

- https://www.questioningchristian.com/2005/05/why_i_call_myse...

Re:Google employee resigns after ‘retaliation’ for protestin... by rayiner on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:40PM (#32685258)
These are interesting reads, thank you. I was a professed atheist until my mid 20s, but I’m not sure I ever fully believed my lack of belief. Then when I had kids the feeling became kind of undeniable. Separately, I had I come to admire Christianity. Coming from a part of the world with generational conflict I think the teaching to live like a lamb turn the other cheek is profound. Secular morality diverges quite a bit on that point.

EDIT: There is a lot of stuff in the second one that applies to me. My wife’s faith is very strong. I’m not sure whether I adapted to her beliefs, or as someone raised in an extremely secular setting she made me comfortable allowing myself to believe things that I already felt.

Re:Google employee resigns after ‘retaliation’ for protestin... by selimthegrim on Sunday September 04, 2022 @02:07PM (#32715863)
So if your kid turned up one day and said they wanted to convert to Islam, what would be your reaction?