To true Atheist who were raised by God believers. Did you feel better or worse when you became an Atheist?

Question

Christians and Muslims, dont try to pretend you're Atheist just to make us look bad

Christians and Muslims, I'm not talking about Christians or Muslims that claim to be former Atheist because you are liars and most of your answers are bias

Christians and Muslims, dont tell Atheists how they feel because you're not an Athest

IF YOU CURRENTLY BELIEVE IN GOD, THIS QUESTION IS NOT FOR YOU. PLEASE DONT LIE

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Jen, you are not a true Atheist. Why lie?

randy, You just had to say something

Answer 1

My mother was catholic and my father is protestant. They both encouraged me to attend both houses of worship. As I got older, they encouraged me to visit other religious houses to help me make a rational choice when I was able to do so.

My conclusion to become atheist does not make me feel worse. My parents supported my choice. I feel better because I made a conclusion based on my experiences and education and because of my parent's encouragement to find my own way, I have learned to appreciate the views, opinions and beliefs of others as well.

Answer 2

I'm not so much an atheist but a non believer in reiligion. I believe that a higher power created all this and us but for what I don't know and neither does anyone else because no one has died for a week and then come back and told everyone just how it was. If you have ever done any research on the Bible and "God" then you would know it is a collection of stories written by men to keep people under control for their own benefit. Religion is a business and if you don't believe that then just try going to church and you will see that basket being passed looking for your "donation". My husband and I use to belong to a church for many years then they asked him to step down as a deacon because he and I had been married, divorced and remarried. And we were not "divorced" because of the right reasons. They wanted the 99 not the 1 and that is exactly what they got. Because the 1 was worth more than the 99 in my opinion. So yes I am now an atheist who believes in a surpreme being, not physical, that created all this but I do not believe in religion of any kind and I am still a good person with good morals.

Answer 3

I am an Athiest.


I was born and raised a Catholic. My mother is a good god fearing woman, my father was born and raised without faith of any kind.

I believed in god. I went to church. I prayed. When I was 11, my best friend's car was sideswiped and the car burst into flames. Two off-duty police officers pulled her from the vehicle and she died in my arms.


Four days before my 11th birthday.


That very moment, at exactly 11:30 PM (I remember it distinctly), my faith in God, or any sort of supreme being was gone.


I then realized that religion is a cult. It brainwashes you to think and feel a certian way. If you, or others do not feel that way, they are going to burn and hell for eternity, and be forever shunned by God.


That was pretty damn lousy in my eyes. My entire life had been a god-fearing sham.



That very moment, when I questioned why God would let an 11 year old girl cradle the corpse of the girl she literally grew up with (Since infancy), swiping an 11 year old girl's life in the blink of an eye, when she had no time on Earth to accomplish or teach anyone anything. When I questioned why God would slaughter an innocent child. When I questioned why God was such a bastard....



I lost faith.




I'm *much* happier as an Athiest. I don't have this overbearing cloud over my head, and I don't have the voice in the back of my head saying, "Don't do that. It's a sin."
"Don't talk to Gays. They're horrible sinners."
"Don't masturbate. It's a sin."



I live life. I actually *LIVE* life. I don't follow the rules that others have brainwashed me into thinking I *NEED* to live by. I live by the rules of my heart and mind. Those are all the rules I need, and I still know that Jessie is with me...


But why did she have to go?

Answer 4

I am 26 and my mother still tells me I am a christian on a vacation. The funny thing is she hasn't been to church in over 10 years.

It was a lot of work for me to become an atheist. I developed my own morals based on flexability and me bieng a Marine.

I feel better about my self and worse about who I was. I am still rather ashamed that I belived in so many things without giving it any serious thought. I still check myself every now and then to make sure that I am doing my own thinking and not being gulible. I try to play it off and say I was young and dumb. But in reality I was just being lazy when I let the preacher do my thinking for me.

Answer 5

It is very freeing to not be burdened by the guilt, fear, and shame that Christianity lays upon one's shoulders. Whether they admit it or not, that is what motivates Christians--self-loathing, because God calls them worthless and evil, and they can never really know if they are in his good graces or not; and fear, because he will send them to hell if they goof up. I do not worry about such things because I know that heaven, hell, and God do not exist. They are no more real than the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus.

I am also freed of the necessity of having to explain the most ridiculous aspects of the religion: the creation story, Balaam's talking donkey, the sun and moon standing still, and all the other fables that Christians insist really happened, without offering the slightest evidence for their assertions.

Answer 6

i have always believed in the Gods
Gaia and Baal ,
the world that we live on which is our home ,and from which all of life originates .as well as of of lifes needs and a lot more besides

and the rays of the Sun that make all of life possible
it is impossible to ignore these Gods existence

because they allow us to exist.

all those other guys who believe in man made gods or Aliens ,who are not even gods ,they are just misguided Atheists who have betrayed the real Gods that concern humanity
they will be taken care of with the coming of the Pagan Dawn.when the skies will run Red with the blood of Jehova
and we will be looking for sacrifice to celebrate

we are the Pee Pees
the people of Pan
we care for our Planet
where ever we can
they beat us ,they robbed us

they rendered us weak
but we will be back
for we are the Meek

boom boom,beware

Answer 7

At first, I felt pretty bad. I went into an existentialist tail-spin of depressive assessment of self-worth because I thought that if I didn't have a god, maybe I didn't have a purpose. I laid awake some nights feeling empty and hollow, dreading a relative universe-wide lonesomeness: god is not there for me, for this world, so we're on our own.

I also spent a few years researching religions and trying to find philisophical loopholes to stab at, because I knew I would be challenged and I wanted to arm myself to fight back. However, most debates were just loops themselves: it would eventually boil down to "I believe" vs. "I don't" and it was pretty pointless for two (or more) people to argue something so primal and fundamental.

After my grandmother passed (she was a devout Jehovah's Witness and arguably died because of her refusal to accept a blood transfusion on religious grounds), I had a 'relapse' and converted to being a Jehovah's Witness. I congregated several nights a week, attended the conventions, the door knocking, the works. Then, for maybe only four days, I left my congregation on a work-related conference; away from their influence and allowed to look at my life through my own eyes (and, honestly, look at my sexual desire unhinged) while not angry at them, I distinctly felt I had been depriving myself of the life I (thought I) wanted. So when I got back in town, I knew I'd never walk in that Kingdom Hall again.

I've actually since never completely aligned with another religion, but currently I do find that I favor Buddhism most of all, which is not a monothestic religion (some would even suggest it's not a religion but a 'lifestyle'). I like it (possibly, love it) because it's not hung up on an Omnipotent Creator who gave us arcane laws hundreds of years ago or promises a candy cane Heaven in the after life: instead, Buddhists deal with the challenge of now and encouraging others towards the path of enlightenment. It is also important to me that even if Christianity and other religions would scoff at and scorn Buddhists as "godless heathens", Buddhists are not encouraged to return the mocking; in fact, Buddhists support anyone who is on a loving, positive path of life with another faith (or, faithless) to continue their spiritual development and (more important) practice of compassion and care towards others.

I just consider it a better life (and species survival) strategy for people to realize we need each other over needing a god. I'm infinitely less concerned with where we "came from" or where we're "going" than where we're AT.

Answer 8

I felt extra acceptable... nonetheless do for that count. i imagine the end results of being raised to believe in god for in simple terms about 15 years has definetly had a achievable even now. one in all my significant themes in existence become how interior the hell can all of us and each and every thing be one of those lie. And even as fable is relaxing to believe in for perhaps a second, you already know that is not genuine. I propose, the full element is in simple terms bullsh*t... i'm not likely to start up or i'd be occurring invariably. i like understanding that i'm the purely one answerable for me. Morally, ethically, etc.... i like understanding that because i like understanding the actuality. and that is the purely actuality there is:)

Answer 9

Parents never raised me religious, but I would like to have a fairy tale about a perfect, loving entity, and about living forever with my loved ones in paradise, be true. But I just think people made that up. There's lots to suggest it is all wrong, based on modern science. It's important. Once you make your best guess at why you're here, you have to make your best guess at what to do.

Answer 10

I feel better now that I am an atheist, I feel more content and happy now that I am able to see the truth and not be blinded by all the lies and fallacies that comprise most religions.