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I'm an Aethiest. I strongly believe that there is no god. I respect other people's religions, and I don't try to convert people or anything. Now, I've been in scouting for years. Lots of years. From a Tiger Cub Scout in 1st grade to a First Class scout now (I'm kind of slow with scouting). Anyway, the requirement for every class that says to live the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your every day life is now being enforced. My parents made me describe each part of the Law and Oath in great depth. When we reached Brave and Clean, I was starting to slip up. And then we reached Reverent.

Boy Scouts expects everyone to believe in some sort of god, and be straight. Gays and Aethiests have been kicked out in the past. And since Boy Scouts is a private thing, government can't interfere. People have tried to sue and lost the case. Now, I want to keep scouting. I love being a Boy Scout. Plus, it'll look good on my job application forms when I'm old enough that it won't be against child labor laws. =P So my options are:

a) Quit scouting (I don't want to. Really.)

b) Believe in a god (I'm not going to change my beliefs because of this. It's not in human nature.

c) Lie about my religion (Also against the Scout Oath. Not good.)

So obviously, I'm screwed. What should I do? It's putting so much pressure on me...

I'm so glad you asked this question.I'm a Christian,and please don't just blow me off because i said that,you said you respect other people's beliefs.So anyways,instead of lying or "pretending" why don't you take this whole athiest issue into deep thought.If you dont mind that I ask,could you explain to me why you dont believe in God or why you are athiest?Im almost positive I'll be able to help.

trust me you haven't changed my "religious veiws" if you're gonna believe in something you're gonna put your whole life into it so you better have proof to back you up abd proove others wrong,am i right?No, there's no official proof like a video or something, and you have to understand that believeing in God means putting your trust in Him and believeing that God is,was,and is to come...God always was..Thats all I can tell you.But could you answer my quesion and prooove that there is no God?

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(Rating: 5) I'd really rather not... I don't want to be responsible for someone's change in religion... but since you asked... if God created everything, what created God? Do we have any pproof in the existance of god? Yes, there's the Bible. But we don't know for a fact that God spoke to that person. Why couldn't God just come down and give us actual proof? Ok... I'm really sorry about possibly changing your religious views... =(
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