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Hey guys-I noticed theres been a lot of debating going on with the religious and atheist communities of Reddit, so I thought this would be a good time to ask for advice. Here's some background-I was baptized Roman Catholic and I attended church and church school as a kid, mostly because my parents wanted me to-I went through First Communion, Confession, and was confirmed a couple years ago. I have always had trouble believing in all of the stories I've heard through the Bible and from the hardcore Christians that will go off for 30 minutes if you so much as speak about atheism. I wasn't exactly forced into the religion-my parents aren't strict religious people, my dad is actually Episcopalian-we haven't been to church as a family in forever, usually only going on Christmas and Easter. Anyways, I've been considering converting to atheism more and more lately-but my question is if I should convert to atheism before really giving Christianity a chance. I do pray a few times a week, but I haven't had anything really special happen. I don't want to convert to atheism because of the religious people that discourage me of following catholicism because of their ridiculous ways of trying to bring hell onto you if you don't believe in God-I think that if I do make the decision to convert, it should be for the religion itself. So what I'm asking is for some stories from religious and atheist people to kind of help me make my decision-im not saying make my decision for me, but I want to know other people's experiences with atheism before I make that decision.
<bot>: I'm considering making the conversion to Atheism, but I would like some advice from both sides (Catholics and Atheists) before I make that decision.