Do any Christians decide to be atheist to rebel?
As an atheist, Christians tell me this all the time.
2007-03-20 07:15:41 · 13 answers · asked by vehement_chemical 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
no. christians are much more likely to become preachers after a nice big sin.
2007-03-20 07:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by dr schmitty 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all I know not your age, your level of knowledge, and/or your intent on dealing with the subject.
Atheist, in my opinion means: free lance.
Do Atheists have a book of rules and regulations? If so, what are they?
If Atheists don't have rules; you know no bad; unless someone does something to you which you don't like. Then you make it a rule, to, not allow it.
Or, as some vengeful spirited children do: use it to pain other people. Blackening any respect that they may have gained in the eyes of their peers, by hurting others because of the one incident.
And hurting Innocent people too, by causing them the same discomfort.
Which then makes them something other then an Atheist.
A comfortable life is one that is temporary. As in some places Winter challenges the comforts so a person, or persons, become better educated for future problems. Which applies no matter what religion is the practiced one.
Taking life from that point of view, any religion that gives one the desire to think creatively and proceed to assure their survival throughout a Bad Winter is a good one.
Sin? To me then, means: wasting time that could be used to assure the wisdom one has will prove to assure one, or many, they survive natures challenges.
2007-03-20 08:48:55 · answer #2 · answered by d4d9er 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am an atheist. The biggest sin I remember was about 1980 when I accidentally got a parking ticket. It didn't make me consider becoming a Christian though in order to get Jesus to forgive me. I don't know why Christians would think we would ever stoop to their level of immorality. After all, unlike Christians we atheists believe we are responsible for our own actions. It's not like being a Christian where they just say Jesus forgives them and everything becomes alright.
2007-03-20 07:23:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did the "nice big sin". I did rebel, and say I didn't believe in God. Lost four churchfuls of friends over it, too. Not to mention my parents.
But I ended up "getting saved" (oh, I hate "church lingo"!) out of it. I still don't agree with my churches, and I'm still doing what they condemned. But my relationship with God is stronger and better than ever before.
So I actually ended up a better Christian for my rebelling and trying to turn atheist!
2007-03-20 07:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by skunkytruck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was a atheist, formerly, the fact that I'd never been Christian and most of the Christians in my life were Universalist Unitarians who were supportive of my views even as they disagreed made me very lonely.
Sort of like in the gay community, when I tell them that my mom never cared that I was bi, or all my bosses were gay so I never hid in a closet and I went to a High school with lots of drama students.
2007-03-20 07:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm a former Christian. I left the religion for the period of a time whilst my faith grow to be the optimal. I went from basically having wisdom and a discovered concept to truly being an entire time practioner. i grow to be praying as many times as i ought to. i grow to be analyzing the bible each and all of the time even regardless of the undeniable fact that I had already study the entire ingredient a minimum of three times. i grow to be consistently chatting with friends and strangers approximately Jesus. It grow to be in this time that i found out all the contradictions and lies in the bible. I prayed for solutions yet have been given no longer something. i grow to be so at a loss for words, lost, and harm. It wasn't long in the previous I got here to stand the brutal reality that i grow to be believing and dwelling a lie. It grow to be the toughest ingredient I extremely have ever achieved, yet I had to because of the fact i'm an intellectually hassle-free guy or woman. I denied Christ and my salvation. i began my existence over from scratch. that's been extra perfect and extra perfect. I now have inner peace. I now experience extra love than I ever have in the previous. i'm no longer in effortless terms a extra perfect guy or woman for myself yet additionally to those around me. I say thank God for no longer being genuine.
2016-10-02 11:11:54 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a person has "decided" to be an atheist out of "rebellion," s/he is not an atheist. S/he is an angry (or scared) theist. Big difference.
2007-03-20 07:20:15 · answer #7 · answered by N 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If that were the case, I'd be an atheist a million times over.
but I'm not.
2007-03-20 07:18:38 · answer #8 · answered by Yahoo admins are virgins 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think they would bounce back to the baby Jesus after a big sin to make it "better".
Just a thought.
2007-03-20 07:18:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They tell me this too.
The thought that I actually don't believe in any deities hasn't even crossed their narrow minds apparently
2007-03-20 07:21:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋