Why?
2006-09-10 04:09:19 · 34 answers · asked by motleyjk 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I grew up Catholic because my parents made me get baptized so i had no choice. Im now Agnostic i need proof and evidence of God for me to believe! Simple as that
2006-09-10 04:34:07 · answer #1 · answered by kristina2393 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was a strong Christian until I was in college and started really thinking about my beliefs. I found that most of what I had assumed (without examining) to be true was totally irrational. I could not accept a God that would give me a brain and not expect me to use it, so I stopped being a Christian. I have never for a single minute regretted giving up religion!
2006-09-10 04:13:16 · answer #2 · answered by Maple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born into, and raised in a very strict fundamentalist Dutch refomed religion. Church twice on Sunday,Sunday School, CAthechism on Saturdays, and Bible study on wednesday night. I was taught you must not do certain things..they were sinful...even thought provoking things were a sin...and sex...outta the question. As soon as I was in college, I started forming my own beliefs...and dropping the guilt...and figuring out, that this is a bunch of crap..powered by guilt and fear. I think that I am a spiritual person..I do believe in some kind of supreme being..who or whatever that might be,...but no longer a christian.
2006-09-10 04:32:04 · answer #3 · answered by Mack 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was a gradual process but the reason was a combination of how cruel and base most Christians are with a gradual growing in wisdom as I got older. The Bible has been translated numerous times and was written by people with agendas so nothing useful will be found in it. I just gradually ceased to believe.
2006-09-10 04:13:03 · answer #4 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was born into a different religion, so , no, I never stopped being a Christian.
2006-09-10 04:11:01 · answer #5 · answered by tysavage2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I stopped being a christian the day the Baptist Reverend told me I had no choice, my pattern of sin was set and that my life was laid out for me. So I did what I thought was right.. exerted my free will and walked out and never looked back. I've been much happier ever since.
2006-09-10 04:13:31 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes!!!!!!! I was raised in a Christian home, and always questioned the Trinity. I grew up and decided I could not accept that my G-d would come to earth as a human being. My G-d would not do this!! I converted to Judaism, and am very happy here.
2006-09-10 04:12:35 · answer #7 · answered by Shossi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It became apparent around the age of 12 that Christianity is not compatible with rational thinking, so it was an easy choice to make.
2006-09-10 04:11:31 · answer #8 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I majored in Religion in a Methodist college, spent 1 year in Methodist seminary. I then divorced the Methodists, refused to return the Baptists' calls, fled abuse from the Catholics, engaged in heavy petting with the Episcopalians & Unitarians, but fell in love with the Buddhists because with them, "no-God" is also a spiritual path.
2006-09-10 04:10:53 · answer #9 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. Why is a long story, but to sum it up, I realized that the bible was just a whole bunch of made up stories, prayers did nothing, and there's no evidence whatsoever to make me consider the notion of a god (or heaven) as anything more than wishful thinking.
2006-09-10 04:13:33 · answer #10 · answered by Toronto 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋