I am talking abt the UK here. Ppl from more religious cultures have pointed out they can't help talking about it.
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Also, I think British non-believers should care abt religion & the impact it has on society but you can go through life not being impacted.
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My husband wasn't affected by compulsory religious worship in schools. He didn't pay much attention. Never believed. I listened & believed.
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It was just one of those curious things that happened for me, had no impact on whether i believed in supernatural stuff. It just was there.
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I took it all very seriously. If true, it mattered hugely. An eternity in heaven or hell. Made me ill.
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Were your parents religious? Mine only nominally so, we never did church, but was christened etc. I was so uneducated I asked what the cross
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No. They were atheists. I got myself baptised & confirmed & drove them nuts begging them to believe & not go to hell.
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I was diagnosed with religious OCD and hospitalised 7 times before I managed to fully stop believing & so fearing. Fine ever since.
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ah that does explain it, interesting how OCD can hook onto anything if the mindset is waiting for it
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Yes! It tried to pop up in other forms but I could overcome it. Worst case scenario, I die. But hell is not a tolerable worst case scenario
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I wrote about it here if you're interested enough but don't feel obliged. It's a very specific personal account. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/a-personal-account-of-religious-ocd-and.html …
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The mindset of religious people has always been intriguing to me I spent my teens and early 20s badgering Christians trying to understand
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