Why did you personally stop going to church?

Question

Please answer this question only if you have previously attended church regularly and then stopped going.

Answer 1

I only went to church because my parents made me go. It didn't make sense to meat all. I stopped believeing in a god just before my teens, and I'm not even sure whether I really believed in him at all.

Answer 2

I stopped going to church because they just back stabbed at all the other denotations and churches. They fight too much of little things. I find I get more out of a 5 minutes of reading the Bible than an hour and a half and church. I believe the church now is not what Jesus wants to be but I have been to some churchs that are welcoming, I think Mormons and some of the least Judgmental even though i don't believe everything they do. .

Answer 3

For my entire life up to the last years of highschool I attended various churches. First it began with my family and I went to camps every year... second it was with my friends and we all had fun...

but then I started reflecting on my experiences based on what I remembered and on what my parents had shared with me. I was not allowed to question, not allowed to have a voice... unless I was recanting what the bible had said. I felt this was wrong because I wasn't getting answers for my questions. Also, the preachers tended to spite and ridicule other religions. I felt that this too was wrong. Especially when the audience would laugh at the jokes.

I had many other times had experiences that deterred me based on human conditions... and then I found my own path. I carved my will and set it upon the world. When I did that, I felt more spiritually bonded than ever before... as I had felt that I was faking it all the time until that moment.

I became a hermit in my religious experience and learned about all the things I could (starting first with all the things the church ridiculed and cursed).

I am glad that I had the experience of church-going, but it was not very pleasant at all. It was the most confusing time of my life... and it helped shape my views of the world, or rather loosened up the edges so that I could see a broader spectrum.

Answer 4

I went to a Catholic school where we attended church 2-3 times a week, and when I completed 8th grade, it turned out that I had more questions than answers. At that point I quit going for 9-10 years.

Toward the end of that period, my life changed. Short version: I quit drinking, accepted Jesus as my savior, began dating a nice Christian girl who would eventually marry me, and before we got married we wanted to find a church. I had done a lot of research into spiritual things over the years, but this was the first time I'd looked for a church since my "disillusionment era."

It's been well over 20 years and we are still happily married, and still going to the same church.

*Looking back, I should have known not to give up on God; that churches and people can lead you astray, but He won't.

Answer 5

1. My friends were molested by a priest at school.
2. As I grew up in lower/middle class, I asked myself why did all the church workers and priest drive new cars and eat good food when I ate not so good and walked or drove in a clapped out car.
3. We always got asked for money from the church when we had none or little but were mocked when we could not give.
4. refer to all 3 points above.

Answer 6

When I was a young adult, I left a church that became preoccupied with gossip, back-stabbing and materialism.

I went back 5 years later and the entire place had been transformed. All the bad elements were gone, and few people remembered what it was like. It was a decent church again.

Answer 7

It makes no sense to attend a church of a religion one does not believe in.

Answer 8

I stopped going a little over five years ago to have a 'private worship'....I didn't understand how people claimed to be Christians yet back-stabbed, spread rumors, and lied all in the same breath. I have since found a Church I love though. :)

Answer 9

A church is a building where people try and be superior over one onouther and say 'god likes me best' you can worship god anyplace at any time. ild rather worship god in a beutiful garden then in a building full of stuck up biddys anytime. If i live an honest and loving life then there is no need to go to church and be judged.

Answer 10

I stopped going because:

1) All my church did was make you feel bad for being human

and

2) The only benefit to going was that they taught you life lessons that I already learned. There's no reason to go to church.

I practically refuse to go now..