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I totally understand that FXR,but what im asking is do you or anyone eles now of a person becoming athiest at a late stage in life or does it simply not happen?

I believe Julia Sweeney was around 40 when she ditched Catholisism, not that old I know, but not a teenager either.

I really feel for you people, really, it's just business as usual here today, the bairns are at school, the pubs are open, the shops are open, it's just a normal friday :D And monday will be exactly the same, except the banks will be closed (it's a UK "bank" holiday) Other than the banks, it will be...

FXR

Then, assuming your wife has never introduced an anit-Irish foreign religious orgnisiation to the country,

No fear of that! She's an out and out Atheist.

we should all get drunk in her honor!

Sounds good to me, cheers

I gotta celebrate it, it's my wifes birthday bless her

I'm category 7 regarding the God of the bible, category 6 as to whether there is "anything" out there.

This is a thread started last night (19 Feb) on politics.ie so if anyone feels like jousting with Herr Ratzingers apologists about his rumoured visit feel free to join in.... http://www.politics.ie/viewtopic.php?p=1045128#1045128 Boy, boy! Some some seriously deluded folk posting on there, I was go...

For those of you who have "religious" friends or family, this is a test you might like to set them, sorry it's so long but it is quite good. Which of the following is the most compelling evidence for the existence of an intelligent and loving Designer? a. A Caribbean sunset b. The screams of a baby ...

Very much rural, 22 miles out of town, and that's only a small town, by your definition of urban (10,000 people) I could live in the town and still be rural.
Does that make sense?

This is a small step in the right direction.
The humanist touch.

Queen’s University, Belfast, has raised eyebrows after appointing as its latest chaplain someone who doesn’t believe in God. Peter Hutchison meets new cleric Ruth Yeo

I had a laugh at this one yesterday. Non-believers should not receive Christian funeral says minister. Rev Johnston McKay, BBC Scotland's former editor of religious broadcasting, said ministers were conducting more than 70 funerals a year and at many of them there was "no interest whatsoever" in the...