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mk  ·  4152 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm Not An Atheist

A good point. Atheism by definition means not having a theology. I don't consider myself an atheist, mostly because many people associate it with a type of certainty about the question of the nature of our universe, and often objectivism, which in my opinion puts too much weight on the strength of human perception.

Typically I describe myself as non-religious. Like atheism, it is defined as a negative, but I have found that religious people tend to be accepting of that answer.

I was raised Catholic, but I don't practice, obviously. Recently my cousin told me that Catholics can baptize others in situations where a priest isn't available. We were standing by Lake Superior, and I told her that she could baptize our 17 mo daughter right there. She did. My other cousin who was there couldn't understand why I would do that since I am not religious. Honestly, I have come to care less about contradictions of that nature.