I'm a former staunch Christian who now is agnostic.

[Farmer-Rick]

4. Raised Catholic in the North with the same assumptions of always worshipping an imaginary being

Came South, tried that religion for awhile. Finally, I just gave up trying to pretend I believed all that crap. I feel more honest now that I've given up religion.

To tell you honestly though, I have not given up the idea of some sort of awareness surviving after death. The main reason is the split slit experiment that changes the path of particles if they are observed. Who observed the formation of the stars, or the big bang?

Then there is the peculiar self awareness we humans have. Imagine creating a creature that could understand you? That's what the universe has done. And if all our intellect, awareness and consciousness dies when our bodies die, well what a huge waste. But nature doesn't really waste anything, does it.

Seems to me most all religions spend way too much time trying to control how you live instead of exploring death.