2006-07-12 07:32:27 · 19 answers · asked by Mr. Mojo Risin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And why did you turn?
2006-07-12 07:34:02 · update #1
HEH a
2006-07-16 07:21:10 · answer #1 · answered by Atheist 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am... I basically just read the bible more than anything else. That's the quickest way to become an atheist. But it's all about education. The more you know, the more obvious the falsehoods of religion become.
At this point in my life, I must admit I'm amazed that so many people don't look into the beliefs that are supposedly so important to them. I can't imagine how some people can just blindly follow something without ever seeking information about it for themselves.
2006-07-12 14:45:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh dear God burn my soul in Hell! I know all the little Chrissy freaks in here are gonna flip when I say what they've already known about the Great and Terrible McGeezy.
Duh. I'm ex-Christian, among other things.
Left Christianity for something that seemed to make more sense, then left that for enlightenment.
2006-07-12 14:41:55 · answer #3 · answered by McGeezy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be an x-christian by definition one could have never been real about the faith to began with. If the faith is deeply rooted then it knows what it is and can stand on its own.
To make the claim to go from believer to non-believe is one that never knew the faith to began with. Never understanding the fullness of the faith. They just played at it for what ever reason, never being real.
They are the reason many could never believe in them they could not believe it themselves.
It is one thing to say you don't believe I can respect that. To say I use to believe but now I don't. I don't think you ever believed anything. Proof is in your actions. If one truly believes in their faith they learn it, live it, and love it. They stand firm in it and are unwilling at all cost to leave it. That is being rooted. To just turn well what did you ever truly believe in?
I would rather be around true atheist than x-Christians, I have much more respect for them. At least they stand by what they believe.
2006-07-12 14:47:42 · answer #4 · answered by Dead Man Walking 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Present.
I gave up Christianity because I finally figured out it was just a bunch of ancient myths and nonsense. I had always just believed the crap religious people say about how much evidence there is in support of Christianity and finally got curious enough to see for myself, only to discover I had been lied to.
2006-07-12 14:40:23 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I grew up. No, seriously -- i was forced to go to church as a child. When I grew up, I realized that talking serpents and giant arcs weren't real. It's like that point growing up when you stop believing in Santa Claus. It's the same thing.
You realize, wow, it's people with money who gives gifts, not some magical man in the sky with reindeer. I realized that *I* got my butt off the couch and went to work, God didn't send money to my bank account. And when I got laid off, i didn't blame it on God. It was economic conditions that forced the layoffs.
Also, the church turned away family friends after they were hit with hardship and asked the church for some blankets and shelter.
2006-07-12 14:35:48 · answer #6 · answered by truthyness 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I left Christianity because I felt that no religion has the right to treat me like a second class citizen or hate me because of my gender.
I will not belong to any religion that exalts one gender above the other, or who propogates institutional hatred for those who do not fit into their strict sexual worldview.
There were many other elements involved in my rejecting religion, but that was the biggest one.
2006-07-12 14:48:16 · answer #7 · answered by sunfell2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I did not believe that a human should have deity status or is the actual child of a deity, that one never should have punishment hanging over their heads to make one comply and that the too many in the particular church I went to didn't practice what they preached.
2006-07-12 20:15:02 · answer #8 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I grew up Catholic. When I was old enough to ask questions, I never got answers that left me satisfied. I got so many conflicting answers. And I couldn't identify with the Christian faith. When I found Wicca, I knew that was my path.
2006-07-12 14:38:18 · answer #9 · answered by Erin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist. And I deconverted after growing up, like not believing in Santa anymore. I'm rational, and I require rational reasons to believe in things, no matter how indoctrinated they may be.
2006-07-12 14:37:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I think they once tried to make me an ex-Christian. Oh! Oops, no. They tried to make me an ex-Gay.
*hides boyfriend under bed*
That didn't work!
2006-07-12 14:39:24 · answer #11 · answered by iu_runner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋