ATHEISTS/AGNOSTICS: When in life or after what type of event does a move away from faith begin to make sense?

Answer 1

When it no longer fits your experience, or can be of no further use to you in addressing the challenges of life. When things don't make sense anymore, it's time to change your viewpoint.

Answer 2

If we're talking about moving away from faith but not necessarily completely abandoning it, I would say that this makes sense at the time of a new discovery, when the previous generation's impossibility or "magic" can now be performed or explained. Related to this, learning about such discoveries and understanding them would also be a suitable opportunity.

This one's kind of a double-edged sword though because one could say that when an unexplainable event happens, that should be cause for a move towards faith. However, if you've seen the explanations of past miracles, you should understand the difference between unexplainable and not yet explained.

Answer 3

Quite simply: When it makes sense.

Every body's experiences, understandings, and beliefs are so different that when and why one chooses a faith and/or abandons a faith can only ever be unique to the individual.

For me it was (and, I suppose, is) a lifelong process. For as long as I can remember I've never been 100% for or against any concept of religion. I have considered myself Christian and, even, really believed in the christian god (well, with my own twists. I never believed he was as egotistical and vindictive against his own children as some. Mine was a truly loving and forgiving god. Not a Mafia boss).

All the while I also believed that any religion was true for the person who believed it. Basically, once you die you go to which ever version of heaven or hell you believe you will go to, be reincarnated in whatever form you believe you deserve, or you just cease to exist. Whatever you believe is what would happen. I just could never assume the religion I believed was right when so many others believed even more strongly in theirs.

From there it's not a huge leap to agnosticism. Even then I was more of an agnostic Christian than anything. Now, though, I have let go of the need to know and accepted that I cannot know.

It is just the right choice for me.My beliefs may change as I change but they may not or may only change in the details.

Even that I cannot know.

Answer 4

Contradictory statements within the major organized religions did it for me.

I'm not really an atheist or agnostic - I don't think I really fit in anywhere. I don't like organized religion for myself, but I realize it seems to make some people happy.

For me, I can't accept organized religion because my logic just won't let me. Not only contradictory statements but contradictory behaviors from religious people.

That "all-or-nothing, no shades of gray" mindset bothers me, too. IMHO, there are very few situations where a default answer works. I like to take life in general on a case-by-case basis, and most religions don't make room for that.

That's why I'm drawn to paganism, Wicca, Buddhism, and Taoism. But even in those religions, I can't just accept the whole thing without some questions.

Answer 5

I'm not sure. I was never raised with a certain religion so I never had any faith. My moves toward faith throughout my life don't make sense.

Answer 6

When faith stops making sense.

Answer 7

Anytime after reaching the age of reason -- say, eight or older.

Children younger than that are a) strongly inclined to believe whatever adults tell them, and b) naturally fearful of things they don't understand -- i.e., everything -- and willing to accept any explanation in which everything comes out all right in the end. That's why most children tend to accept the god stories in their early years.

Answer 8

When the "faith" in question no longer makes sense to you.

Answer 9

When faith no longer makes sense.

Answer 10

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