User:Bduke

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I am a 84 year old man who was born and grew up in England. I now live in Australia, initially in Darwin, but after retiring as a university professor I now live in Melbourne. I have been a Rationalist for nearly 60 years. I was brought in a Methodist family and had an uncle who was a Methodist Minister. I studied at Oxford University for six years, where I became an Anglican. Oxford University and it's Collages are very influenced by Christianity and that influenced me. When I left Oxford and lived in village near Reading, further down the River Thames towards London. The Anglican Vicar in the village was a complete idiot and I started to think hard why I was a Christian. In the end I decided I was not and I have been a atheist, on the negative side, and a rationalist, on the positive side ever since.