2007-01-26 15:29:11 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I still believe in the creator not necessarily god.
2007-01-26 15:33:26 · answer #1 · answered by steve 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I strongly suspected there was no god when I was only 5 or 6. I learned some mythology in high school and realized then that modern religions are nothing more than myths taken literally.
2007-01-26 23:41:23 · answer #2 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look at the world around you, look at all the different animals, flowers , plants, ect. even science is baffled on how this could have all come about , they have theories , which means that's the best they can come up with, its not fact. We have brains that are full of emotions.I do not see how there could not be a creator, and I'm not talking about religion, no one owns God as you get older ill bet you will have a change of mind.
2007-01-27 00:04:49 · answer #3 · answered by luap 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always had misgivings, both about the existence of gods and the morality of ancient scriptures, but I hung on to my desire to be faithful for a long time. It felt good, and it gave me a sense of specialness and protection. I perceived myself as a kind of knight, sanctified by my faith and steadfastly devoted to the cause of being the best person I could be. Because of the backwardness of many of the religious people I came in contact with, I resisted aligning myself with any particular denomination. All of them held ideas I couldn't reconcile with my inner morality, and their rituals struck me as meaningless mumbo-jumbo. It wasn't until I was in college that I started to take my first real steps into a brighter world. Up until that time I had only known one Jewish family. Everyone else I knew was one sort of Christian or another. It was during college that I came in contact with people of many different faiths and really started to study the various religions. It was there that I read the collected letters of Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and other American patriots and became aware that they were not all orthodox Christians, as I'd been led to believe. I studied philosophy and read about the Great Agnostic, Robert Ingersoll. My eyes began to open, yet it still took me several more years to discover secular Humanism and realize that it was a perfect fit for me. It was a slow evolution.
2007-01-26 23:40:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
12 or 13.
2007-01-26 23:40:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
When I was in 5th grade it started to occur to me that something was fishy with this religion thing.
By the time I was about 18 I knew it was wrong.
In my early 40's with the help of a very devote Christian friend I started really studying and asking questions about religion. I found the situation far, far worse than I had ever imagined.
Now that I am 47 I am positive, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that religion is a placebo.
2007-01-26 23:34:43 · answer #6 · answered by Alan 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I started seriously questioning around 12. But I was so scared and didn't want to give up my beliefs. I tried so hard to be a good christian and to go to church and be what my parents wanted. At about 19 I gave it all up. And being an atheist is where I am now at 28.
2007-01-26 23:35:24 · answer #7 · answered by Stormilutionist Chasealogist 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
At the age of 12, when I first heard that name.
2007-01-26 23:42:13 · answer #8 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I kind of realized there was no God in my teens. The idea of being a myth (as in mythology) was a much later revelation.
2007-01-26 23:34:54 · answer #9 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
22 years old. It was this year I finally figured it out with the help of a freind showing me fallicyfiles.org and Richard Dawkins. I love life now more than ever.
2007-01-26 23:39:08 · answer #10 · answered by Robby 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋