Texas church shooting leaves many dead (atleast 27).

[VGPolyglot]

Ka-pi96 said:

VGPolyglot said:

Actually, I think most atheists these days had to have come to that belief through being made aware of it, not by finding it on your own. I know that I didn't become an atheist until after I was made aware that such a thing existed. And by state atheism, it's not necessarily in that atheism is the official policy, but many religious institutions were shut down, and the religious leaders executed.

You weren't aware that it was possible to not believe in deities? I should think everyone would be aware that that is indeed possible, even if they don't know the exact word to describe it...

No, I wasn't aware of it. I just assumed that believing in dieties was something everyone did.