2007-01-24 16:47:17 · 12 answers · asked by saegiie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was a christian for 15yrs. I went to a Christian high school and was the president of my youth group. I preached to ppl and gave them the good news. I even went one of the best Liberal Arts Christian Colleges in the East Coast. The point is I was very much a Christan. But there was something that really kept on bothering me. A lot of this stuff goes against the most basic logic. And once you see that a few things ain't real. made up ,a story and the rest of it falls apart and for the first time I could see the real world. Life is hard. Some ppl need to believe that there is a father figure who is all knowing, who looks after you and takes care of you. But in the end there is no proof for a God or against a God.
And now my life is great. No more fear, repression, guilt...just free...FREEDOM FROM GOD IS GREAT!!
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2007-01-24 17:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by plferia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm...good question. I think I deconverted (funny word) because I felt like what I was taught and had believed for quite a bit just wasn't working for me anymore. All I ever got was, God has a plan. God is good. God don't like ugly. It was all just lip service. Nothing ever really helped me in my life. In fact, the harder I tried to believe there was God looking out for me, the worse things got. Then when I questioned that, it was either I didn't have enough faith or I wasn't open enough to hear God. I mean, which is it? I also just got tired of hearing that this life doesn't matter, that the afterlife in Heaven is what counts. That makes no sense! It gets discouraging when you see so called Christians acting all righteous but doing all the bad things you're not suppose to do if you're a Christian and then their lives just sail along smoothly. If I think about sinning, I get slammed from every direction. It gets old. I still believe in God and being the best person I can but I'm not going to buy into that stuff about God's plan and that bad people go to hell. From what I've seen, they do whatever they please and pay no price for it. I feel better after making that choice. None of it made sense to me anymore and didn't serve me in the slightest.
2007-01-25 01:01:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What made me deconvert? Too many things to list here. Basically, Christianity felt alien to my very soul and I couldn't continue making excuses for all the contradictions and inconsistencies. I hated the person I was becoming. And I disagreed with too many of it's core doctrines.
Now, I free very free, like a great burden has been lifted off of me. If you really want to read Ex-Christian testimonies about why they left, you should check out http://www.Ex-Christian.net
2007-01-25 01:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well I was raised in christian home with all the values and stuff and when I got into highschool I began to read up on religion. and i learnt sum pretty hard truths that put christianity as one of the largest religions that have tried to control people through use of fear of hell and that god wants yur money etc. anyways It never hurts anyone to be intouch withthemselves you dont need a religion to be a good person a person to report on how you are doing as a good person or become worked into feeling a responsibilty for a church. its up to you and only you that why I am not christian i can still have spirituallity though I know its all mixed ideas but i dont want to type all day
2007-01-25 00:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by tobosahge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not consider myself an ex-christian as I never had a choice. I was baptized at birth by my parents, went to catholic school had a communion when I was ten, etc etc. I just no longer believe in what my parents taught me just as much as I do not believe in Santa or the tooth fairy. They were great when I was a kid and I needed them, now I have made up my own mind and I just find like many other people there is way to many contridictions in any religion for it to make sense. I felt guilty for the longest time and feared that I would go to hell but its just that FEAR and nothing else. If I had to choose my own GOD I would not choose one who uses fear to teach me things, its cruel and non acceptable to me.
2007-01-25 01:00:45 · answer #5 · answered by CelticFairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer truthfully, I feel better now than I ever have before. Basically once I saw the light of enlightenment, all other religious "truths" became obsolete. It wasn't until I put my faith in science and started thinking for myself that I felt true rapture; and contrary to popular belief, you don't need a book to tell you how to be a decent person.
2007-01-25 01:06:18 · answer #6 · answered by jungle_jape 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many things made me "deconvert". lack of honesty by organised religion, inconsistencies and lies in the bible, holier-than-thou attitude of the xian religion (if you don't belong to us you go to hell), and xian answers to the forum.
I feel relieved of that burden called christianity!
2007-01-25 01:15:24 · answer #7 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because I realised that Christianity was making no sense whatsoever! I feel a lot better now! I don't feel brainwashed anymore...u know!
2007-01-25 01:01:25 · answer #8 · answered by -♦One-♦-Love♦- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The process of "renouncing" another religion is always very very hard. And it gets nothing but easier.
I feel fine and happy where I am now. I feel like I did the right thing, not to please my parents or those around me, but to please God.
Why? Because God's form can't be within another human being. Humans are imperfect by definition and God is perfect by definition. Making God human (or giving him a son) can't be right.
2007-01-25 00:54:15 · answer #9 · answered by Jamanian Devil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was born an atheist, briefly brainwashed, and regained my sanity. I'm feeling great now. You'll find that most atheists are, contrary to popular misconception, very happy.
2007-01-25 00:52:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋