For me, it was a local minister who murdered his wife, and then his secretaries husband! They made a TV movie about it and my hometown became famous over night for it! Anyone experience something like this that made you look for a better path?
2006-11-12 16:30:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, I could go on with several other stories, but it was the falseness behind all of it that did it for me!
2006-11-12 16:40:01 · update #1
It was not one single event. I was just an honest Christian trying to do what the bible said do and people who do not believe that baptism is essential for salvation, kept attacking me and especially those who believe in miracles and tongue speaking and I had to always defend scripture. That wasn't too bad until these people infiltrated the churches of Christ and I started getting attacked even at church by people who wanted to use instrumental music and believe in once saved always saved.
If God cannot keep his one and only church holy and clear of false teachers, then why should I bother to keep defending the gospel?
Even that did not make me turn but I kept reading scripture and the errors kept jumping out at me until I finally had to realized the bible is not the perfect word of God I once thought it was.
I lost my my whole family due to church differances and even my children and many jobs , but I was willing to die for what i beleived the bible said.
I haven't seen or heard from any family for over 10 years and my dad died hating me for my religious beleifs. He thought I was demon possessed when I served Christ. I wonder what he would think now that I am Wiccan?
I am now pagan, Wicca to be exact and since we believe all paths lead to Deity, i no longer have to defend God's truth.
I now believe in personal truth and not absolute truth.
2006-11-12 16:52:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question!!
Yes, there is a specific event that turned me away from Christianity. I was involved with this Christian group in 10th grade called Lighthouse. I now know looking back that I was involved in a cult. The leader of the group told us that as females we shouldn't sit next to boys, kiss them, or do anything that might give us "urges". This is how far my brain was gone at this point. I went into the hall after one of our meetings and she (the leader) had her tongue all down her boyfriend's throat and I thought nothing of it. I was only in this group for a month or two before I saw the "light"..lol. Anyway, she and all of her Christian friends ended up pregnant senior year and I pretty much threw in the towel on the whole religion. I have met so many hypocrites between now and then that I know that I did the right thing. Also, after I really sat down and read the Bible I knew that I couldn't follow something that I didn't even believe in. That's my boring little story.
2006-11-13 00:37:40 · answer #2 · answered by Tiacola Version 9.0 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Four years ago, my Roman Catholic grandparents were murdered (i.e euthanized) by their own Roman Catholic sons and daughters. These animals also took my rightful inheritance using the technicalities of the law. I went to every Catholic and Born-Again church to ask for help to fight the injustice suffered by my grandparents but no one helped me because the murderers were well-known and highly influential members of society.
That's more than enough reason for me to renounce and to distrust Catholicism and Christianity. I am very happy and very blessed now that I am a Muslim.
2006-11-13 01:00:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Long story: I was 24 and was told I had cancer. I was told that I had to have a hysterectomy. I decided to work very hard on getting a healing from god. They said that my survival rate was less than 10%. But I had the surgery and it was not cancer. I told my minister that I was healed by god.
He said that was not possible.
I decided then god did heal me but churches sucked.
2006-11-13 00:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Tedi 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No...not one specific event.
Numerous events.
I have chosen a different path....not a better path.
Christianity intrigues me. Their belief systems and the diversity of their congregations is mind-boggling to me still to this day.
2006-11-13 00:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing that bad. Just found the faith to be ridiculous and based on fiction mixed with mythology. Religion has always been a disappointment.
2006-11-13 00:38:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
When I became born again I didn't need christianity anymore, because I now have Christ. Religion kills - Christ gives Life. "By this shall all men know you are MY disciples, if you have love one for another" (John 13:35)
2006-11-13 00:39:23 · answer #7 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Even though people fall short of Christs message, Jesus Christ himself doesnt fall short. Any religion you turn to is going to have people in it that are weak and fraudulent, the church sometimes is no better. But Gods will, truth, and salvation dwell in no other place!
2006-11-13 00:38:26 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
u shouldnt have ditched your faith just because of what a local pastor did. Your faith is based on what Jesus did on the cross not by mankind's actions. There will always be hypocrites because mankind is sinful.
2006-11-13 00:33:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
For me it was as simple as too many ill-mannered & ill-doing folks ...& not near enough humanity.
2006-11-13 00:35:31 · answer #10 · answered by Ivyvine 6 · 5⤊ 1⤋