This is only For the Athiest..Were you always a atheist? What made you become one?

Question

did you one day decide that you want to be one? were your parents atheists? What made you become one?

If u are not an atheirst please do not answer this question!

I became an atheist about 6 yrs ago when I practiced catholisism all my life...brainwashed really! I realisedabout 6 yrs ago that I do not need religion to be a good person. and I also noticed that people who were religious were such hypocrits and also my experiences in life made me become an athiest. I really like being one. I believe that you have to possess a certain sense to be an athiest cause it takes a really bright and intelligent, and deep person to be one.

Answer 1

I was raised catholic, fell out of religion (for various reasons) and gradually came to the conclusion that I didn't believe in god.

Answer 2

I was raised as a catholic and was educated at a convent school. This is what made me an atheist. None of the stories from the bible ever made any sense and I found them extremely violent. The violence made even less sense and I could not understand why we were being taught these scriptures. The nuns acted in a most unchristian like manner towards the children by using cruelty such as caning and smacking with a tennis shoe and one particular nun even using a preferred leg of a chair as her personal weapon. A child did not have to hardly misbehave to get the lashings of these cruel women. Just for looking like you were day dreaming you were likely to get a swift rap across your knuckles with the narrow edge of a ruler.
This was personally why I chose not to believe in religion of any sort. Scare tactics are what is usually used to try and convert people. It is just plain wrong. The bible offers not a scrap of evidence as to why one should believe in fictional storys written by obsessed human beings and contorted many, many times over from the original writings. So there you go that's my story.

Answer 3

Nope my parents were not Atheist they really didn't care about religion at all. I became an Atheist when I done my own research and came to the conclusion that there is no god. That the bible is 97% BS, I can think for my self answer to my self for my own actions, I don't need a bible nor god to tell me how to live my life, The way women were treated in the bible is crazy.Common sense, no one can prove god exist. Here just check out this web site: Click on any topic you want to and read all the flaws in the bible.
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/index.htm

Answer 4

Unlike most "religious" people who tend to just follow the beliefs of their parents, most atheists I know make this decision after reading, educating themselves and realizing that, to them at least, religion is total fiction. Most, I think, were born into one religion or another and made the decision for themselves.
I find it interesting that people often ask why atheists are atheists, when it seems to me a more reasonable question would be to ask people why they believe in something that has no proof, no scientific evidence, and that they haven't even seen.
I'm not trying to be snotty, but really, isn't it more sensible to ask why a person believes in a certain thing than why one doesn't believe in something? It's sort of backwards to start out believing in something and then trying to find out if it's true or not, isn't it?

Answer 5

I have been atheist since I was 6 years old. My father is Catholic and my mother Southern Baptist(now theres a pairing, huh?) I remember the first time going to Mass at my Grandparents church. Even at 6 I questioned everything that went on while we were there. From that point on I knew that there was no way there was a God. Even a 6 year old should have the common sense to see that.

Answer 6

I couldn't get over the fact that so many other religions exist. When you say Christianity is true, you're shutting the door to every other religion on the planet. I heard one estimate that there might be over 10,000 religions in the world. And none of them have any more proof than the rest -- it's all "faith." So why should one particular religion be given the nod over all the rest? Why should I believe in one and close the door to the others? It seemed more logical to me that NONE of them are right. And that's when I became nonreligious.

Answer 7

I hope I qualify to respond to your question. I definitely had a phase when I believed I was an atheist. It was when I became disillusioned with the Church and its insincerity, and with the violence of the Old Testament. It just did not sound right that God would be behind something like that.

But I still felt God in my heart. I later found my own way to him, and now I am "Rational Spirituality", which is a perfectly logical and entirely non-violent concept of God and the Universe. Should it ever interest you, you may find it on the Dhaxem wesbite.

I hope that I have not broken your rule for responses. Best wishes.

Answer 8

I was brought up Catholic, and when I had questions that got a "have faith" answer, I knew then that religion had no bases in fact, so that was it for me, it took me years to get rid of the guilt complex I had from years of indoctrination, but I eventually achieved it, and it sure felt good. I now can look at everything with an open reasoning mind.

Answer 9

I simple came to the realization that belief in a God made no sense and was not necessary for me to have a complete life.
Not believing in a God does not make you more or less moral, it allows you to look at the world in a different way, it allows you to ask questions about how and why things work the way they do without shrugging your shoulders and saying poof God did it.

Answer 10

Discussing religion and God with Born Agains made me want to become an Atheist.