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2007-08-15 12:34:55 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You can't really be an atheist just for the purpose of rebelling, just as you can't really become a Christian just to rebel against atheist parents. You either believe or you don't.
2007-08-15 12:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Religious preference is like sexual preference. You can't just decide to be something, you either are or you aren't. You actually have to believe it, just like homosexuals are actually attracted to the same sex. You can say your atheist, and rebel against your parents. But if you don;t really believe it, then you're still christian.
2007-08-15 12:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by fortyfootpianist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. You could join another faith. Or adhere to another deistic ideology or philosophy without getting denominational. Atheism is just one belief of many one can choose to as well that may be perceived as rebellion rather than a personal search for individual truth, which we all do at some point in life.
2007-08-15 12:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure some have.
Many atheists, however, are well beyond adolesence. And most of them had more reasons to become atheists than just to rebel.
2007-08-15 12:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by Scott M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Effective, hurtful, and sure to gain attention....but "good?" No, I would not use that adjective.
To my way of thinking, I would think that "good" would be more along the line of what the utilitarians had in mind: "the greatest good for the greatest number." What would be the constructive outcome of this youthful rebellion, other than merely differentiating generations?
2007-08-15 12:42:32 · answer #5 · answered by Ward 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, whatever you do, my advice is this: don't get pregnant in order to rebel against your parents. I know someone who did just that (at age seventeen, and a preacher's boy was the father, no less!), and it wasn't pretty. Nearly ruined her life for good.
2007-08-15 12:43:46 · answer #6 · answered by Justme 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's certainly happened before (a friend of mine went that route when we were in junior high school), but I've also seen it in reverse. This atheist friend of mine has a kid who turned into a gung-ho Fundamentalist. The kid became a teenage street preacher, and started screaming at his father repeatedly that he was going to burn in hell. To me, adopting any religion or philosophical stance simply for the sake of annoying one's parents is a waste of time.
2007-08-15 12:43:32 · answer #7 · answered by solarius 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as BECOMING atheist by will.
You either REALLY do believe or you REALLY don't believe in God.
An atheist can't help being atheist. It's the default position. It's not for rebelling against parents.
2007-08-15 12:39:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
excellent suggestion!
there is a problem tho ... to become an atheist you need to read a lot, and develop good reasoning skills.
It would be like hoping that the rebellious teenagers of some redneck, become instantly intellectuals and smart!
I know its possible, but very unlikely.
2007-08-15 12:47:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if the parents are not athiests.
For a more exciting rebellion, hang pictures of Stalin and Chairman Mao in your room.
That'll show 'em.
2007-08-15 12:41:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋