Remember when you heard someone say something about god you just couldn't wait to see their face when they got to the gates of heaven... or when someone gave evidence or an argument that made a solid debate that god wasn't real you just got that angry feeling and dismissed it, thinking they were just helping their pal, satan and couldn't wait for them to meet jesus. Or sleeping comfortably knowin the angels were protecting you.. or praying during sporting events or probability based things b/c you thought it improved the chances of a favorable outcome....awww..good times, good times. I almost miss it but once you do too much research there's no goin back :( .
2006-10-05 17:58:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-10-05 18:01:16 · answer #1 · answered by buddhafuldreamer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm no longer Christian and I'm grateful to the "Supreme Whatever" that I was provided with enough intelligence to escape.
I was raise a Christian so I was a smugly pious hell monger. oh sure. it was nice to have an imaginary friend and not just not any imaginary friend either but GOD. the all powerful creator of the universe was always there to listen to my every whining woe, to glower at yet forgive my silly boring foibles and smite someday those who will be sorry they didn't listen to me when I gave them the good news that they'd suffer forever in excruciating agony if the didn't receive the love of Jesus.
Then I had a revelation. I realized that I was a liar. That for all my sincere witness and religious ferver I didn't really know anything about God or Jesus that couldn't be explained by childhood conditioning, an active imagination, a need to be "special" and a desire to have power, even if only vicariously thru a deity. Self honesty has become my religion. It's not easy to say "I don't know" when you've been convinced that just being a faithful Christian is enough to know God, to know God enough that you have authority to tell others the who, what, why and how of God. Reading the whole Bible helped ween me out of my Christian conditioning. what a monster I was worshiping! what a horrible personage, perverse and cruel was this god I had been taught must be loved, honored and trusted. HA! what we accept in our symbolic expression is what we allow ourselves to express and the bible god is a story of infantile evil, a myth about a mean little desert demon whose main entertainment was to play "prove you love me" games on the stupid heads of guilt filled fear filled humans.
I'm free now. The Truth has made me so. I don't know what God is but I do know what God is not ... for me. It's not that blood thirsty Bible god. I'm a healthier, happier, more peaceful person.
now. a kinder person too as I don't try to coerce people with threats of eternal torture, not trying to scare people to my way of believing.
2006-10-06 01:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm in the same boat as you. I was a Christian for 18 years. When someone made a good argument against God, I just figured that I didn't know enough to refute them, but that there had to be a good answer for it. The Bible comdemns people who have a lot of knowledge because once you have a lot of knowledge, religion starts to become bs. When you think that anyone who isn't Christian has been influenced by the devil, it's pretty hard for someone to change your mind.
2006-10-06 01:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the hardest thing when being a Christian was to understand how others didn't "get" the concept of faith. Faith actually seemed like a rational stance. The problem I had really with religion was when I actually started going to church and reading the bible. Before that, I would believe in a god and pray, but it wouldn't be a hugely consequential thing. It was once I went to church and started reading the bible that I noticed how bullshit it was. For the 2 years I was a "strong Christian" by going to church, I kept questioning about the logic of some things. I would always be disappointed and kept lying to myself to stay with my faith until one day I finally said enough is enough and examined it objectively. This turned me to science where all its answers have been logical and fulfilling. There is no going back once you know enough.
2006-10-06 01:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by Alucard 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. At least, not the way you describe it. I always believed that all people have to seek the truth as they see it. I never felt inclined to force my religion down other people's throats. If they wanted to talk about it, I did, if not, no biggie. I lived every day to be an example of Christ, that was all I needed to do.
But you're right, reason and knowledge are the death of faith and once you reach the critical point of understanding, faith becomes anathema.
2006-10-06 01:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Never went in for the fundie brand of christianity.
People believe what they believe, until they don't.
If anyone really moves forward, and even when we don't, there never is any going back. There's no back to go to.
Peace, brother.
Keep the (un)Faith!
;-)
2006-10-06 01:10:52 · answer #6 · answered by WikiJo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You serious?
Hardly.
Check this site out...its just one site!!
really......can you dig it?!
It has more info than you are even aware of(same here) that is I have yet to go over it all.
anyways.....YOU HAVE NOT DONE TOOOO MUCH RESEARCH.
I AM<<<>>>>>>BECAUSE OF RESEARCH, AND MORE- ITS CALLED RECEIVING THE SPIRIT OF GOD WITHIN, BEING BORN AGAIN,TRUELY.
ALL FOR NOW, -LIVE4TRUTH=]
http://www.bible.ca/tongues-kundalini-shakers-charismastics.htm
*YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED(FALSE CHRISTIANITY).
2006-10-06 01:04:41 · answer #7 · answered by LIVE4TRUTH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know some Christians that remember what it was like when they were atheists. They are a lot happier now. A lot more pleasant to be around also.
2006-10-06 01:04:19 · answer #8 · answered by creeklops 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'm sad to hear you say that. hope your faith returns to you through the Holy Spirit. Harden not your hearts! let the light of grace shine in. God bless.
2006-10-06 01:03:13 · answer #9 · answered by bsbllplayr216 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I do remember what it was like, and it mostly sucked. If you are feeling melancholy, it's because you're an atheist noob. That wears off eventually, and you come to embrace the freedom.
2006-10-06 01:03:06 · answer #10 · answered by lenny 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, there is no going back. I have been embraced by the light of atheism...
2006-10-06 01:09:57 · answer #11 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋