I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not an atheist, but I'm not a Christian, either.
I could never call myself an atheist; my parents could, quite happily. I always felt like there was a little bit more out there, and was always into observing the world from a slightly more spiritual, as opposed to scientific, perspective.
I was raised Christian; I was raised in the South where everybody's raised Christian, but at this point, I'm 41 years old, and I've been an atheist, at this point, a little more than half my life.
I think being an atheist is something you are, not something you do.
I don't believe in atheists.
You might say I was a passive atheist through my teenage years.
I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist - being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.
I'm an atheist.
My parents were secular. I am an atheist.
In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.