Can you pinpoint a time or experience in your life that determined for you how you would feel about the existence of God; also, for those who believe in a higher power...what form your faith would take?
2007-01-02 04:56:45 · 9 answers · asked by frenzy-CIB- Jim's with Jesus 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm sending this to voting, because I obviously can't be objective as a hard-core Christian.
2007-01-03 06:02:22 · update #1
I'm sending this to voting, because I obviously can't be objective as a hard-core Christian.
Impossible, Sami, and Poi, I was touched by your answers.
Thanks, everyone, for your answers.
2007-01-03 06:03:14 · update #2
Yes I can.
2007-01-02 04:59:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say for sure - my memory fads - but it could be:
#1 - I remember seeing all the pretty pictures of the cute little animals walking up the gang plank to the ark. How cute. Years later I realized that the story of The Flood is a story of the worst possible genocide caused by a stark raving mad man.
#2 - I remember learning the story of Passover and how it symbolizes god's gift of freedom. Cool, huh. Then I realized that it had nothing to do with that. The bible supports slavery and the ten commandments say nothing bad about it. Moses and his people didn't care about ending slavery. They just didn't want to be slaves themselves.
#3 - Then I met some Christians and they yacked on about "The Fall of Man" and "Original Sin" and I nearly threw up. What a horrible scare story that is. It is clearly intended to keep the peasant in line.
There is probably more but those are the highlights of "My Fall from Grace".
Happy New Year
2007-01-02 05:02:59 · answer #2 · answered by Alan 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I was raised an Adventist, but I lost of my faith over time. Once two Jehovah's Witnesses came to my door, I think I was 21 or 22, and they asked me what my faith was. I said, "I'm an atheist".
One of them said, "does that mean... you don't believe in God?"
"Yes", I said, "you know you probably should research this before going door to door."
Then as I closed the door I realized that was the first time I had called myself an atheist. Years passed and I never really thought about it. Throughout my early twenties, when in the company of religious friends, I tended to say I "wasn't religious" instead of using the A-word.
Last summer I read Richard Dawkins' and Sam Harris', and decided I might as well just start calling myself an atheist.
I'm 27. I first call myself an atheist I think when I was 21. I stopped going to church around 13 or 14 or so.
2007-01-02 05:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It happened over time. I was raised Lutheran, but don't call myself that anymore. Around 17-18. I sat down, and had to work out all my problems I had with God and Religion. After a couple of days of reflection, I determined my beliefs, And found myself with a closer feeling to God. I no longer get bogged down with Denominations, because none of them answered all my questions. In the end, man, you got to make your own desicion. Religiopn ain't for everyone. My God may not agree with your God. But I'll tell you this. MY God ain't an overbearing douche who makes it almost immpossible to get into Heaven. Just admit that Christ died for your sins, and that your soul belongs to God. Then, just live your life, be a good person, don't deny God, and you're pretty much straight.
2007-01-02 05:53:31 · answer #4 · answered by poiuythj 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most atheists I know did not have a flash of inspiration that led them to become atheists. As you grow up you try and match up different theories of reality, with time you realise what religious stories really are. I now view the Christian god in exactly the same way as those of ancient Greece.
2007-01-02 05:00:09 · answer #5 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Wow... I really wish I could get into my experiences with God on this site. Because they'd be trashed as fast as I could post them I wont give details but I can pinpoint a few very profound occasions that let me know God is real.
2007-01-02 05:00:15 · answer #6 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
specific, unconditionally. i don't be attentive to what your style is, yet enable's say which you place on mismatched socks, for the sake of argument. No Christian is justified in hating you, insulting you, or hurting you because of the fact of your vogue quirks. easy adequate? however the Christian has the main suitable to point which you place on matching socks, because of the fact he's calling out on your social welfare. If that is purely because of the fact he likes to hate on you, in spite of everything, how Christian can he be?
2016-12-15 13:49:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That moment I got about 1/3rd of the way through the bible and said... hmmm wait a minute here... I smell bullsh|t.
2007-01-02 05:00:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
I have.. i was worshiping with my church one day and i just felt this big relief come off of my shoulders and i just started crying and crying and crying.. and i couldn't stop. i knew the presence of god was there and i could feel him.
2007-01-02 05:03:26 · answer #9 · answered by samii 2 · 1⤊ 4⤋