I have my own story, but I'd really like to hear everyone else's. Don't you feel so much better now, feeling as though you know the truth? And do you think there will be a time when religion is almost non-existent because we know so much from Astronomy and Anthropology?
2006-11-11 15:29:04 · 15 answers · asked by Shawna Q 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Excuse me but we don't know much from Astronomy! We are only scratching the surface, I rather have you as an agnostic!
2006-11-11 15:32:17 · answer #1 · answered by A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was 10 I read the Bible cover to cover, by the time I got halfway through I realized what I was reading was absolute nonsense, so I rejected Christianity. I investigated a few more faiths including non-Christian but all had basically the same problems - they don't make any sense.
I think religion will eventually die off but it will take several centuries as there is always a new prophet or guru waiting in the wings. And,as long as people are prone to believe in superstition religion of some kind will exist.
Weather or not believers recognize it or not, science is causing people to rethink what they believe. Also, I think the Internet, which allows people to quickly research many different ideas has had a detrimental effect on belief. And atheists are becoming more numerous every year.
2006-11-11 23:41:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm Wiccan. I lost faith in Christianity so long ago, I don't really remember believing in god. I was Atheist until 1998 when I decided to become Wiccan (which is a Pagan path and much more accepting than Christianity will ever be). That's why I tend to argue on the side of the atheists here. Because I understand where they're coming from.
Do I feel better? Yes. Christianity preaches such misery. It's simply terrible. Wicca isn't so.... insanely extreme. And it doesn't deny science.
2006-11-11 23:33:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised with the freedom to choose what to believe in. My parents were believers, but not too religious. I researched and became a Christian for awhile. But as I questioned certain things, I saw the reactions I was getting. They weren't pleasant at all. I'd get answers like "Keep praying," or "Pray harder." And that was from the pastor. I looked deeper into it and just had an epiphany about how ridiculous it all seemed to me. I wanted to believe in God, I really did. That's such a stress reliever. For awhile I abandoned religion but kept "faith" for awhile. Then I realized that I was talking to myself, not God. I made things work in my life. Not God. God was the middle man, basically, who wasn't really there. I even prayed to God to let me believe in him because I thought I couldn't cope, but nothing ever changed. My feelings and thoughts never changed. After I accepted that there was no God, I saw things in a different light. I have to cope because no one else was going to do it for me. That really released a lot of weight off of my shoulders. My life is actually a lot better as an Atheist.
2006-11-11 23:46:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never have followed a religion.At school religious studies was a compulsory subject,after listening to what was said and studying the bible I decided that it wasn't for me.I didn't believe it then and I don't believe it now.To me the bible,which is what the christian religion is based on,is a bunch of non-sensical,contradictory stories.
If others choose to believe it,good luck to them
2006-11-11 23:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by rosbif 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For starters let me address Lobik, atheism is no more a religion than bald is a hair color. now for the answer to your question, I became atheist after I began looking into urban legends as one of my hobbies. I began to realize how easily people are duped into believing something with no factual basis to it. Religion seemed to fit into the same realm as urban legends do.
2006-11-11 23:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by jedi1josh 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never followed a religion...
I can't say I felt better, as I always felt this was the logical position one had to take with the evidence present.
2006-11-11 23:36:27 · answer #7 · answered by eigelhorn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised non-religious (not anti, just non). But when I started reading and studying paleontology and zoology, life seemed to make more sense if the idea of "god" or religion was taken as a human-made creation. I love animals, extinct and extant, and I love them more and am in awe of them more, because I give THEM, not "god", for their (and our) amazing achievements. That's my POV.
2006-11-12 14:11:44 · answer #8 · answered by jedisaurus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a long, drawn-out process for me, so I can't point to a certain time. I do indeed feel better.
2006-11-11 23:32:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah i feel like a cloud has been lifted off my vision, my story started when i started thinking about all those good people that where going to hell
2006-11-11 23:43:00 · answer #10 · answered by Salem O 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋