2007-03-17 06:11:50 · 16 answers · asked by CrazyFarmer 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This "atheist" with quotation marks around the word started out Catholic.
2007-03-17 06:16:05 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My Mother had me go to AWANAS as a child. When I started realizing it was an occult was about the time i was 8-9 years of age. She was by no means the definition of Christian herself and was Bipolar. My Mother was a pentacostal (sp?) Christian who would speak in tongues. Well this was just her Bipolar delusions doing this to her. She was very violent and cruel. I started learning the majority of these Christians are this way -- or complete utter hypocrits. At AWANAS I was shunned for having friends who were male and not female because it wasn't "proper". I never got along with other girls as a child had nothing in common with them. So when it got to the point where this occult was jepordizing my friendships outside of getting beaten at home by my crazy Mother I refused to continue to go. And since have studied more into religion to find it is a load of cr*p.
2007-03-17 13:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not really an atheist, but I do not practice any established religion. I was born in a Catholic background, yes, but I learned that religion is a very contrained way to think of divinity, and its practicioners are very single-minded and they all think "their" religion is the "only good" religion. That's why I do not follow religions at all.
2007-03-17 13:21:30 · answer #3 · answered by jao_tuanis 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a Lutheran household. But, I was given the freedom and encouragement to explore all forms of theology, and come to a decision for myself. Though I didn't come the the conclusion they would have preferred, they have always respected my decision.
2007-03-17 13:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist that was a catholic in my early years. Some christians do not consider catholics as christians.
2007-03-17 13:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an agnostic that was raised christian.
2007-03-17 13:15:42 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an hypothesis you might look into:
Catholics who lose faith become atheists; protestants who lose faith become agnostics.
Some evangelicals who lose faith become atheists also.
Atheists are in love with God but feel as if God has jilted them.
2007-03-17 14:03:29 · answer #7 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Me......Careful studying of "Holey Scriptures" will do that to a person.
2007-03-17 13:17:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did
2007-03-17 13:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by The Wired 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost all of them will have. I did.
2007-03-17 15:00:34 · answer #10 · answered by Jess H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋