Yes. I think the extremist Bible-bashing Americans make everything far too simple. My Mother would, at a push, describe herself as an atheist, but mainly she just said, 'Well, you don't tell children there's no Father Christmas, do you?', which was fortunate because my Father was an extremely left-wing Anglican parson (she was a trifle more conservative). I used sometimes to attend Church until they changed the Book of Common Prayer into Committee-ese, and I reckon that very few of the members were great believers in 'God'. In an Established Church you get that sort of thing, and it spread over into a dis-established one like ours.
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Yes. I think the extremist Bible-bashing Americans make everything far too simple. My Mother would, at a push, describe herself as an atheist, but mainly she just said, 'Well, you don't tell children there's no Father Christmas, do you?', which was fortunate because my Father was an extremely left-wing Anglican parson (she was a trifle more conservative). I used sometimes to attend Church until they changed the Book of Common Prayer into Committee-ese, and I reckon that very few of the members were great believers in 'God'. In an Established Church you get that sort of thing, and it spread over into a dis-established one like ours.
It appears that most of us go through our times in one camp or the other.
Even though my position is now that of an agnostic (I try not to use that descriptor, though) I had my time as a religious person. One of the highlights of my life was the day I served Mass...in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Not many adult Catholics (which is what I was) get that opportunity. It still is a highlight, although my feelings about the god Catholics worship has changed considerably.