I was raised catholic but since very little I found weird that when the priest said "let's talk to god" people were actually talking to god. But it was hard to defeat all the fear of hell that gets bumped into your head in order to stay endoctrinated in something as easily refutable as christianity and i was raise in a moderate family so I can only imagine how hard must had been for those of you that were raised in a christian fundamentalist family to liberate your self from such farytales. how did you do it? What got you started in the process of unbelieving? In my case was logic and music.
2006-12-29 21:10:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I AM AN ATHEIST YOU MORON CHIRSTIAN, NO WONDER WHY YOU BELIEVE IN FARYTALES!!!
2006-12-29 21:17:31 · update #1
I was raised Christian, I had to read the bible in Latin, Spanish and English, I had to read different translations, I had to study them. I was struck with some reality, hey the books don't say the same thing in different languages, even in the same language they say different things with different translations. I was in Christian school at the time, I was 11 years old. Looking at the book did nothing for me spiritually, I found it hateful toward women, and disrespectful of God. At 11 I informed my family that another minute in this school would suck the soul out of my body, I would no longer go to church, or read that book. It was hard on them, at first they thought I was demonized, but you can't force someone to have faith in what they honestly do not believe. I have since read the book, Know thy enemy.
2006-12-29 21:36:47 · answer #1 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reading the bible and trying to be loving and kind and wise. after 20 years I found I was more tolerant, loving and wise than what the doctrines in the bible allow for. Also alot of research into christian history has revealed to me that Jesus (the miracle working one) did not exist. An elusive Jesus may have existed, but there is little evidence to support this. I even ended up having a mental experience when I finally realised that God was imaginary. It was scary at first, but then life seemed all the more wonderfull. Sounds strange I know. I didnt go looking for any experiences thats for sure.
2006-12-30 05:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I stepped WAY back from what I believed with a open mind and I changed what I believed. I really got sick of being fed hard to swallow beliefs and told what I should and should not do based on the bible.
No one could prove the existence of God and when I asked about it, I was lead around with circular logic. I still paraded as a Christian even though I didn't believe in God anymore. But now, I fully embraced my Atheistic beliefs and now on my way to fully embracing Satanism too.
2006-12-30 05:16:17 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Douche 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a former Christian. I just didn't want to be part of a religion that was so intolerant towards others and said that people like Ghandi were going to hell.
2006-12-30 05:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was never really a Christian, that's why I don't speak like "what made you see the light". I see you are really very much influenced by Christianity that you still speak this, although you have redefined what is "the light".
2006-12-30 07:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by Elly 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What light is there in not believing in Jesus who is the light. Because you no longer believe, you no longer have any faith. What is the point of living when you're only going to die and no longer exist. For me, because I have faith, there is purpose to life. To live and praise God. What do I have to look forward to? Living forever in heaven with God.
2006-12-30 05:28:09 · answer #6 · answered by A follower of Christ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
George Carlin, the Comic
"If God is so powerful, can he make a rock so big he himself cannot lift it?"
That got me thinking after the laughter....... and thinking is a bad thing when Christianity is faced by it.
It all fell apart rather quickly after that.......
2006-12-30 05:14:50 · answer #7 · answered by wolf560 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find it very interesting that most of the "former Christians, now atheists" I know of came out of Catholicism. Perhaps, if you had gotten to actually know Jesus...but that's another story...
2006-12-30 05:51:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sorry, but Catholics are Wrong. You are just Confused.
Roman Catholics are Not the Only religion out there.
2006-12-30 05:13:17 · answer #9 · answered by RR 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋