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Where Atheism and Skepticism generally meet, is when the Skeptic was a Child, Teenager, or College Student, having been raised Religious, they have their world view shattered by starting to broaden their perceptive on life and by using logic, starting to learn to critically think for themselves, and then Church "doesn't make sense anymore", and then they declare they will "never be fooled again" and then get into the mindset that "If religion is a hoax, then everything even remotely associated with it, like life and death, the paranormal, etc, is likewise a hoax", and seeing all sorts of similar gullible people likewise believing in Paranormal Topics and not using critical thinking (just like in Religion!) they end up auto-dismissing it as well as just an extension of Religion which they "grew out of" long ago. Go on YouTube or Atheist Websites and read their "Testimonials" of how they become Atheist and Skeptical, many of them repeat a story very similar to what I just wrote.

That's generally why many people tend to lump Atheism and Skepticism together.

<blockquote data-quote="Eteponge" data-source="post: 74201" data-attributes="member: 1275">Where Atheism and Skepticism generally meet, is when the Skeptic was a Child, Teenager, or College Student, having been raised Religious, they have their world view shattered by starting to broaden their perceptive on life and by using logic, starting to learn to critically think for themselves, and then Church &quot;doesn&#039;t make sense anymore&quot;, and then they declare they will &quot;never be fooled again&quot; and then get into the mindset that &quot;If religion is a hoax, then everything even remotely associated with it, like life and death, the paranormal, etc, is likewise a hoax&quot;, and seeing all sorts of similar gullible people likewise believing in Paranormal Topics and not using critical thinking (just like in Religion!) they end up auto-dismissing it as well as just an extension of Religion which they &quot;grew out of&quot; long ago. Go on YouTube or Atheist Websites and read their &quot;Testimonials&quot; of how they become Atheist and Skeptical, many of them repeat a story very similar to what I just wrote.That&#039;s generally why many people tend to lump Atheism and Skepticism together.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eteponge, post: 74201, member: 1275"] Where Atheism and Skepticism generally meet, is when the Skeptic was a Child, Teenager, or College Student, having been raised Religious, they have their world view shattered by starting to broaden their perceptive on life and by using logic, starting to learn to critically think for themselves, and then Church "doesn't make sense anymore", and then they declare they will "never be fooled again" and then get into the mindset that "If religion is a hoax, then everything even remotely associated with it, like life and death, the paranormal, etc, is likewise a hoax", and seeing all sorts of similar gullible people likewise believing in Paranormal Topics and not using critical thinking (just like in Religion!) they end up auto-dismissing it as well as just an extension of Religion which they "grew out of" long ago. Go on YouTube or Atheist Websites and read their "Testimonials" of how they become Atheist and Skeptical, many of them repeat a story very similar to what I just wrote. That's generally why many people tend to lump Atheism and Skepticism together. [/QUOTE]

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