Yeah I had a similar thing with my old man. He moved away from the Midwest Seattle, and I didn't realize til much later how much religion played into it. While I don't regret my time in internet atheist forums, I do wonder how my path would have been with an irl role model.
hmm, I do feel like my dad & granddad were my role models and they'd lecture quite a bit on being a good person & doing the right thing... they just never brought God into the conversation, it was more just pragmatic like, look at how your actions are impacting others
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