How did you become an Atheist?

Question

Me, I was a believer, went to church and was involved with the church etc. I even called myself christian. I then made a christians biggest mistake, I read the bible and asked questions. I am now Atheist. How about you?

Please no christian smart a$$ answers as it makes you look very silly.

Answer 1

I started going to a pentecostal church around 4 years old. I was judged so harshly because I looked differently, didn't have much money, I didn't have a mother which in their opinion thought that I hated my mother which I did not. My dad later remarried to a lady who bullied me and lied about me to the other members of the church. I had the preacher yelling in my face that I was going to be in the ghetto with a bunch of kids with a man who beats me, etc. I left the night at 16 years old and have never felt better. As for my life right now, I've been happily married for four years, live in a very nice area and I have no children yet. also, i had a very bad situation going on at the time, even tho i prayed that something would help it no one reached out to me so i couldn't believe that there was a god especially by the mean ways that ppl would act towards each other. i still have some christian values in my everyday life such as don't lie and steal, treat others how you would want to be treated.

Answer 2

Being an Atheist puts you in a very misunderstood minority in the USA.

Congratulations - you are out of the closet - and it's refreshing to know that there are a lot of other people out there who can actually think for themselves.

I used to say I was agnostic but now realize after living temporarily in the USA that that is sitting on the fence. Atheists have to stand up for their rights and challenge all the hypocrisy and nonsense that goes along with the church.

I highly recommend you and others to read a short little book called "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris.
If you ever feel the need to justify your position to anyone this book will really help with "Chapter and Verse" - become an evangelical Atheist!!!

It shows that all religion is dangerous not just Christianity.

Answer 3

Who were you actually asking the questions to? Was it just your parents, a pastor who was inept in his field, or somebody you saw one day at the bus stop or burger king or wherever who told you all that stuff was stupid? The best people to ask the questions to are pastors who receive an education and proper training in the Scriptures and do not abandon that teaching when they actually start pastoring. Those are the people you should ask questions about the Bible to. Not just random people you run into on the street. Questions are not bad. Foolish people who answer them without really caring about their answer, or not having a good answer and just saying stuff that comes to their minds that probably has absolutely nothing to do with the question, those people need to be shot. I can tell you this honestly my friend, that I have read much of the Bible, though not the whole thing, and am not an Atheist, not even after the questions that I had because I actually received responsible answers. I feel very sympathetic for you my friend as your faith has been destroyed by "wolves in sheeps clothing," as the Scripture says.

Answer 4

Sounds like a pretty standard case. You, presumable a former 'born-again' fundamentalist embraced Christian/Jewish history a bit too hard, and because you so firmly believe that the Bible was the only source of God, you think that without a true Bible there can be no God. This, if true, shows that you've been acting on passions rather than logic. I would suggest self-contemplation.

If you want any advice, contact me through the message system.

Answer 5

My father was an atheist, my mother is Christian. They gave me the choice to decide on my own. I've have always been an atheist. When I was in college, I would make an appearance once in awhile to my Mom's church. It was important for her to have the kids come every couple of months to meet her friends and I didn't mind. It was a Korean Church so I couldn't understand what the Pastor was saying, and the Korean food was really good. Most of time I was hungover, so it was very easy to zone out.

Answer 6

I started my life as a Southern Baptist. While I was young I questioned all the bible stories...would argue with Sunday School teachers about whether the stories were true or not. My favorite story to argue about was the one where Jesus fed the thousands on a few loaves of bread and a few fish. Even my 7 year old mind could not comprehend that as being true. As I got older and started trying to live a christian life I would pray and actively seek out the holy spirit. I went to different churches trying to find a place to fit in. After several years of struggling with my ever growing disbelief and feeling of hopelessness...I finally came to the conclusion that I was an atheist. At first I identified myself as an agnostic, but after a short time I realized that I didn't question the existance of a god, I just didn't believe.

Answer 7

I was very religious growing up. I attended catholic schools and was very wrapped up in until late High School.Later I got involved with the whole evangelical/charismatic thing through one of my friends. I worked very hard on being a good christian. I returned to the catholic church and threw myself into it with a vengence. I went back to college and studied theology and philosophy. One day I realized I was forcing myself to believe things I knew were not true. I sat down and started examining what I really did think was true and ended up an atheist. I am much more comfortable with myself now. I feel like I am being true.

Answer 8

I was raised a Baptist, if I remember correctly. I suppose I became an atheist after studying the fact of evolution a bit, and realizing that God really didn't have much to do in the universe. Which made me think 'What exactly does God *do* anyway'? And so I thought 'Nothing. He hasn't got anything *to* do. He set off the big bang at best'. So naturally, upon learning that even the big bang was too well understood to allow room for God, I gave up the idea entirely. And thank goodness! Life is much better without all that religious superstition fogging everything up.

Answer 9

Good for you!

I found my own calling in the nature-worship of Paganism. I prefer to feel the energies of the earth. My 'church' is just outside my front door, and my bible is written in the sands and the trees that have been here since before time was created by man.

Answer 10

I think we are born that way...Now I'm a believer.

Hope this isn't offensive to your rule.How can their not be a designer. The proof of his existence is all around us in the sun, moon, grass, stars, sky, plants, animals and all the things around us. In the earth, Which is the right size, the perfect distance from the sun , has the perfect tilt, mixture of gases to support life, and a life cycle. We see design in ourselves as humans. We have brains and a nerve center that store knowledge and memories plus it tell us when we are in pain. We have ears that we can hear just the right amount not to little so we could hear others talk and not to much we can Hear air molecules passing through our ears. We have eyes to see plant and animals and all Creation. We have a heart to pump blood throughout are body. We have lungs to breathe in air. We have reproduction organs to continue God life cycle.
The chance for all this to happen perfectly in one in 1000s of digits.
Every part of our body has a purpose and was designed perfectly.
God has given us more proof for him in the Bible.
The Bible is the most accurate book humans have for the time peroid it was written.
Hopefully this has made you THINK.!.Again

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