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Reddit, does this mean atheist?

I must apologize in advance for all the spelling errors, im a fob.

So i was born and raised in Russia, my dad(and everyone in his family) were atheists my moms dad is half jewish and my mom's mother is Orthodox Christian. When me and my brother were born we were baptized and my mother's parents watched over us most of the time and i visited church with them sometime, as i mentioned my religion was Russian orthodox( we celebrate Christmas on Jan 7th), we had to learn some prays but not my mother nor my grandparents ever were mad religious freaks(like reddit showed me in USA).My whole life up to age of 16 i wore a cross(which was given to me after my baptism) up until it was stolen from me(since i couldnt wear it during soccer games i had to take it off). so my point is after my family moved to Canada we sort of stopped going to the church that often( in russia we used to every 2 weeks or so), but we still went to church after my grandmother(mom's mother) passed away last year(had to bring some food and put candles by tradition). After that i got a new cross and wore it for about a year then took it off my self(dont really remember the reason), but as u can tell wearing a cross was pretty important in my religion. anyway my point is that i do not believe in religion(in all the stuff that is written in the bible) however when ever something comes up like i have an exam, or i get close to an accident i always cross automatically without even thinking... and i have seen few videos of richard dawkins and i agree with him. So i am confused would i call myself an atheist or am i still a christian?

PS. not sure where to post it atheism or Askreddit :/

EDIT: So the reason how i starting doubting the whole God and religion thing starting from age 14 i started learning evolution and i do believe in it.. and all those stories about all powerful god is rubish to me. so u can say that i am a science person.

Posted Dec 2, 2011, 3:38 AM UTC · edited

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