I was just answering a question about how people came to faith, and the athiests were mad because the questioner excluded them. So here you are Athiests: How did you come to be one?
2006-10-19 08:26:20 · 11 answers · asked by z 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gee, Ronin, I just can't win here...The rest of the Athiests were mad they weren't asked, and you seem pissed that I did ask.
2006-10-19 08:33:02 · update #1
I was very young. It was tough to admit that I thought my parents were delusional. Christianity just never seemed to have truth to it to me because there was no evidence at all. I maybe never really was a believer.
I was very happy when I got old enough and started to read books by guys like Carl Sagan and I realized that I wasn't the only one. It made the whole thing easier.
2006-10-19 08:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess first off it started to occur to me that the idea of spiritualism is like believing in Santa Claus as a child. It doesn't make sense and helps people "get through the day"without any basis.
2006-10-19 08:35:10 · answer #2 · answered by Dean * 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I realized that God wasn't really listening to me b/c my like sucks so much.
Plus I've never been into the religion I hate Christain music and don't like seeing nutty junior pasters my age raising there hands to the flurensent lights when Christain music plays. That freaked me out pretty good. I never really cared ether about any of it. I just went to church b/c my parents forced me too. Except for one day when I slept the entire sunday morning.
2006-10-19 08:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My parents never forced religion on me. They always gave me the choice as to whether or not I believe. I just chose not to. I really don't like the way organized religions run things and the way a lot of religious people try to force feed their beliefs to all non-believers. We have the right to believe what we want to believe as much as you do.
2006-10-19 08:32:21 · answer #4 · answered by *Cara* 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Idiot.
You arn't born a certain religion. You learn about others believes later in life and decide to follow it like a sheep if you want.
2006-10-19 08:33:57 · answer #5 · answered by cloud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never come across any solid evidence to convince me that anything exists other than the here and now.
2006-10-19 08:33:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many years of objective study and reasoning
2006-10-19 08:35:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Already answered this about 15 times.
Was baptist as a kid, opened my eyes... blah blah blah ...science, other religions, evil god in Old Testament, etc...
2006-10-19 08:29:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't become an athEIst. I have never believed in god.
2006-10-19 08:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I would guess they would just stop believing in a God or an afterlife.
2006-10-19 08:29:16 · answer #10 · answered by balmung2@verizon.net 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋