2007-01-29 21:24:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When my 'born-again' father kicked me out of home at age 17 for being 'unclean' after catching me kissing a guy in my bedroom. I'm gay - not dirty - I lost my faith in organized religion.
2007-01-29 21:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Just Ask Ashley 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
First it was the christians
Then it was the dogma
finally it was the god
It took me years to extricate myself from the indoctrination I had recieved. I am still not at the end of working out the difference between what I have alwaystruly believed and what I have been told I believe.
That said I do not regret being brought up Christian, I hold no adverse feelings for the people who did indeed indoctrinate me into it. I was very happy and it suited me for that part of my spiritual life and it will suit some people for the whle of it. For me I needed something different, it is hard to be part of a religion that you never really believed in and disagree with on just about everything everyone else feels are fundermental points and you feel are minor(I didnt even agree with what was important within Christianity and its teachings therefore i was never Christian)
2007-01-30 05:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you look at the role of the Messiah in the Torah and compare it too the christian view of Jesus its like looking at two completely different people. Jesus claimed to be the son of G-d he even claimed to be equal to him but all other Abrahamic religions state that G-d has no equal. Anyone who claims to be G-d is too be recognised as a liar and a false prophet. so that along with a lot of other reasons is why im not a christian
2007-01-30 05:32:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never actually made a decision to leave, it was a process over time. The more I matured and learnt about life, the less rational and logical religion became for me. Similar to realising that Santa Claus couldn't be real, I simply outgrew it and didn't need it anymore. I also found the Bible to be extremely contradictory and sexist. It puts men in positions that enables them to make decision that affect women, it is the handbook for the subjugation of women!
2007-01-30 05:37:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where Religion ends, Spirituality begins
2007-01-30 07:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by ________________________________ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rather simple answer. NO, Virginia, there is no Santa Clauss.
I grew up and realized the myth. There is a great leap between the
"i know" and "I believe" and I will not nor can I equate the two.
2007-01-30 05:31:43 · answer #6 · answered by emiliosailez 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I learned that the teachings of Christianity were not true.
2007-01-30 05:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lack of proof. Realisation that i dont need a God to rationalize the randomness of the universe. Understanding that God is just another form of control.
Deep.
2007-01-30 05:32:16 · answer #8 · answered by Jarvis P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had to admit that a lot of the rhetoric didn't really make sense to me. I also was distrurbed to be part of a religion that seemed to lack tolerance.
2007-01-30 05:34:39 · answer #9 · answered by M L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Spirit of rationality and logic was overwhelming.
2007-01-30 05:29:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋