2006-12-20 04:59:40 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes, in a very big way, actually.
I used to belong to this cult, but I broke free, and can now think and act for myself, and not according to it's dictators.
2006-12-20 05:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by apple 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I used to be a hateful atheist, angry at the idea of a God and vowing that if there truly were a God, when I died I'd beat the living crap out of him/her/it if and when I meet them because of what I perceived as things God beset me with.
Nowadays I've mellowed and am agnostic.
Part of the choice came in the realization that the universe is such a tremendously vast space, we may never know its secrets, including whether or not a God exists.
Therefore, we cannot arrogantly presume that one cannot exist, nor argue that one doesn't exist based upon our own desire to cling to that belief. By the same token, we cannot assume that there is a God and live by the Bible, for example, which is a book tended and shepherded by human beings (even if it may originally have contained the written word of God).
Life is too short to be a hateful atheist. It helps all around to keep an open mind, especially about things that you can't possibly get a definitive, concrete conclusion on.
2006-12-20 13:14:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure...I changed my mindset on abortion for one thing. I used to think "well, even if it was illegal, people would do it anyway and it wouldn't be safe, so you might as well let them do it legally". Then I realized that if you used that logic, there are a lot of things that you'd have to make legal that shouldn't be legal. Plus, if you believe that human life begins at conception, which I do, then killing a fetus is the same as killing a full grown person. So I changed my mindset by realizing that my stance on abortion wasn't consistent with the other things I believe.
(I'm not looking to spark a hot button issue here...I'm just answering your question.)
2006-12-20 13:07:17 · answer #3 · answered by DGS 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, but not for lack of looking into the reasons why I believe, what I believe. I don't think it is wise to believe anything blindly. Especially not about critical matters involving life and death. Find out why you believe what you believe, and don't be afraid of the truth. I was willing to change my mindset if I found contrary evidence to my beliefs. Just grateful I didn't have to.
2006-12-20 13:03:56 · answer #4 · answered by oceansnsunsets 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I have.
The biggest "mindset" change that has occurred in my life is my world-view. In my past I pretty much accepted the views of the world and the promotion of self in order to succeed. Today my "world-view" has changed dramatically.
This has occurred for 2 reasons. The primary one is that I read the bible and am learning God's wisdom and perspective of the world around me. I am gaining in understanding of how God's truths, that are written in the bible, can actually be applied in my daily life. The second is that in my relationship with God and being open to His hand on and in my life He has broken the lies and deceptions or opened my eyes to some "truths or beliefs" that I had accepted to be true that are not.
Probably one of the biggest lies that has been broken in my life is that God truly loves me, fully and completely, as I am right now. There is nothing I can do to make myself more acceptable or lovable in the eyes of God. This is a truth claim from God that I did not accept or recieve in my own life. This is because in my life performance was always the influence of my acceptance. It took God several years to break this lie in my life. As a result I have a HUGE shift in my understanding of what "the perfect love of God" really means.
The word love in all languages is one of the most abused words in the world. Our beliefs, everyones, to one extent or another is relative to our understanding of what love is. What it means to us and our perception of how we understand it, recieve it and express it to others.
You did not ask for an example, but I thought you might enjoy reading one.
2006-12-20 13:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by David R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I went from being a christian to being a occultist while still being a decieved christian to a christian who wants to recover. I stayed in the occult group epsilon for 3 years and God pulled me out. Now I am trying to find my inner peace in God, trying to save people and trying to find what love feels like.
2006-12-20 13:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I found out that socks don't come in right and left pairs, I was so shocked I became a Nun. Think how I felt when I found out you have to be a girl for that.
2006-12-20 13:07:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Before I was a Satanist I was a christian minister, then I studied zen buhddism.
2006-12-20 13:05:21 · answer #8 · answered by B SIDE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I went from Atheist to Baptist back to atheist to wiccan back to a three-minute bout of christianity to athiest to pagan.
Only took 22 years.
2006-12-20 13:03:38 · answer #9 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Presbyterian -> Atheist -> Agnostic -> Pagan
Signs point to "Yes"... ;)
2006-12-20 13:07:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋