Did you ever change your belief(or non belief) in God?

Question

I grew up in a very religious family After a few years and a few disagreements with the things I was taught, I turned atheist. Then, recently after finding myself lost, I turned to God. I find that God actually gives a perfect explanation to things science hasn't been to explain so far.
I agree with the Big - Bang theory. But, they say energy cannot be created or destroyed. It can only change form. So, where did the Universe come from? So, God makes perfect sense to me.

Answer 1

I used to be a religious Hindu, but when I got to high school (a Catholic one) I started to think about how organized religion is used for convenience when people don't know how to solve their problems. If a baby dies at age 3 months, God had a plan right? What kind of God would make a child suffer, and put its parents, siblings and other family members through such hell. If a man survives a car crash with several broken bones, and after having 10 surgeries it is a miracle of God. First of all why wouldn't God just keep that man from having the accident at all? Does he need the credit or something? Second of all the man had to suffer incredibly before he became well. Not such a miracle to me, it's more of a medical intervention than a divine one. If there is a God, I would like to think it would want to help people not cause them pain. I think there is some sort of creator, but we have all the power in our own lives.

Answer 2

I think a lot of teen agers go through an atheist period. I was raised extreme conservative religious Christian. As a teen ager I was an atheist. Later I realized that those things that I was rejecting were personal interpretations of what religion should be and not based in any true doctrine. That freed me to find my way. I spent many years researching several different religions and various denominations within those religions. In the end, I became a generic Christian. I don't belong to any specific denomination but I accept all Christian denominations. Each has a purpose within God's overall plan.

You're not alone in believing in both science and religion. I have known many scientists - physicists, chemists, engineers - who are very religious. The anti-science religious people are just louder. It's perfectly consistent to believe in science and religion if you actually understand science.

Answer 3

yes, I went through a period of almost the same thing you describe, with a few small differences, I grew up in an atheist home, yet I still believed in God, tried christianity for many years, decided it didn't work for me, so I "tried" atheism, then realized it wasn't a lack of faith or belief on my part, but that I hadn't found the right religion yet. Now I have, and it all fits.

Answer 4

god - or a "Life Force"

religion is for Ya-hoos - why would the force that drives the green grass and the power that pushed the Big Bang (although thats not really a "good" explanation of life as we know it either ..)
- but why - why would that Force be interested in some Moral Code like the 10 commandments or what ever the principals of any organized religion are about ? would man, left unchecked by societal morays deveop a conscience ? what is the difference between conscience and abject fear (of being caught) ?

Silly Sophomore - Religion is for Chumps

Grow Up

Answer 5

Yes... I was brought up strict Catholic. Went to the Catholic schools, went to church every Sunday, followed all the religious holidays. As I got older, it all seemed fake to me. I never stopped believing in God completely, but I definitely let those Catholic things go. I still very close to a lot of people who are Catholic and I have no problem with their religion. It just wasn't right for me.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

you ask where the universe came from and answer yourself by saying god did it. so naturally i'll ask you where god came from..and you'll say he was always here.. then i say, i think the universe was always here. even before the big bang. the universe is expanding right now, but eventually will contract in upon itself, explode, and start all over again.

no. i've never changed my non belief in a god.

like judge judy always says "i it doesn't make sense, then it's not true."

Answer 8

I was raised to believe in God in a christian sense. As I grew I thought there was no God. Today I believe in a higher power, something bigger than me, this is what i call My God.

Answer 9

I used to be a Christian In Name Only, I was dragged to church because my parents wanted me to go, and I went through the motions, but I had a very dangerous medical experience that could (probably should) have killed me, but I had a lot of prayer going on on my behalf, and obviously I lived. I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't believe. Praise God.

Answer 10

God moved and the Universe was created.