On what theological, biblical, or moral issues have YOU changed your mind in the past 5 years?

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Answer 1

I was a good little Christian girl, counselor at church camp and everything. A couple of college level biology classes, one research paper on creationism vs evolution, and I completely changed my views. I am now non religious.

Answer 2

Hm..... I became an atheist more than 5 years ago, so... uh... I don't think I've changed much. I'll have to spend more time thinking about it.

Let's see... been an atheist more than 5 years. By "moral
issue", do you mean stuff like abortion and same sex marriage? I've been pro-choice and supportive of legalizing same sex marriage for years and years, that hasn't changed.

Yeah, can't think of anything.

*edit* Ok, actually, the user "God" reminded me of something that did change. Like "God", I used to think that religious faith was harmless and sometimes even helpful. I've changed my mind. I find faith to be detrimental and totally without redeeming value. Faith is not a valid epistemological procedure and should not be regarded as a trustworthy method of ascertaining the truth value in any claim or concept. Faith allows for dogmatic certainty in the absence and sometimes in spite of justification and reason.

Answer 3

I've become more tolerant of individual people who seem to need organized religion in their lives.

This puts me in confusion, because I also believe that organized religion, when it gets too powerful, is one of the most dangerous forces on earth.

However, I'm working towards a master's degree in social work, and I've met some people whose lives are really terrible. For some of them, church is the only thing in their life that seems to help them feel better.

I for one am not mean enough to take away the one good thing in somebody's life - as long as they are not using it as a tool to hurt somebody else. In that case, I might do something indirect.

For instance: if such a person was participating in church activities like picketing women's clinics, rather than go after that person, I'd go after the person who's organizing the pickets.

Answer 4

I have changed my mind on all Biblical issues. My moral issues have stayed about the same. Things are no longer considered sinfully wrong only morally wrong. Things unharmful to others which I formerly felt were sinful. I no longer think are wrong at all

Answer 5

I became pro life. I finally got to the point that I decided that I thought it was horrible enough that it really should not be legal in all (or even most) cases. I had a tough time with this one since my first reaction usually is that the government should stay out of it if there is much disagreement about it. I think going through a miscarriage had a lot to do with it. I realized that it really was a person.

Answer 6

Interesting question. I've thought about alot of things in the last 20 or so years, but I don't believe I've changed much in the last 5.

Answer 7

I converted to Judaism from Chrisitanity.. I studied historical accounts of what actually took place.. I read books by Bart D. Ehrman.. I asked questions of the Christian paradigms that I had been horse-collared with all my life..

Basically it was a MATURATION process where I decided to decide for myself instead of being a "product of my environment" when it came to my spirituality

Answer 8

I used to call myself agnostic, but decided that was scientifically inconsistent, so now call myself atheistic. I'm still struggling, however, with the question of whether or not god(s) falls into an empirical domain.

Answer 9

I used to believe that religious worship was harmless. After seeing the ovens again in Germany, I realized just how dangerous it can be for anyone who doesn't share a certain group's idealism.

Answer 10

5 years ago i had a life changing experience that absolutely shattered my beliefs about god . i am convinced that what is being taught as the truth in mainstream christian churches is all wrong.

i do believe in god, but have very hard time defining him/her.i feel god is a collective of all of us and is all love and knowledge.i also beleive in the idea of perfect balance.(yin/yan)