This is not an attack on what you believe..but...what lead you to become Atheist? Born that way, atheist relatives, atheist friends, lack of understanding, personal tragedy, need for more hard proof? Please elaborate and in your answers I would appreciate it if you would not attack Christianity...
2007-03-25 04:49:23 · 14 answers · asked by iLOL 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's difficult how to describe how, at the age of 7, I turned from being a methodist to an atheist without sounding like I'm attacking Christianity because I came to the conclusion that it was all a load of total nonsense and in the 40+ years since nothing has changed my mind.
I have always tried to respect other people's beliefs and their right to choose their own interpretation of the world around them but I have found over the years that the more Christians have pushed their religion upon me, or told me that I'm a sinner, or warned me that I'm going to hell etc etc then the more I treat such mindless total conviction with suspicion. To loosely quote Shakespeare: "methinks they doth protest too much"
2007-03-25 04:53:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I read the Bible, I questioned my beliefs, and found them lacking, something I couldn't back up. I spent several years agnostic, before I had my atheist revelation a few years ago. No tragedy, no lack of understanding, nothing to do with friends or family. I didn't even tell anyone for quite some time.
2007-03-25 11:55:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I studied religions in pretty significant detail, including holy books, from various perspectives, etc. and none of it made any logical sense to me, no matter how the books were said to be "interpreted". Finally I stumbled across paganism and Wiccan, which started to make MORE sense and then I found Buddhism which actually makes the most logical sense to me. The idea of an omnipotent creator being, given science, logic, philosophy, ethics, and all the other "jazz" I've studied, is illogical.
Whatever works for you, as long as you use your beliefs for altruism, compassion, wisdom etc. I never have a problem with it. It's those who use their religion as a weapon of judgement and hate against anybody who doesn't believe as they do, or take it into the political arena to deny people human rights is when I step in and make noise.
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2007-03-25 12:00:40 · answer #3 · answered by vinslave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I feel that by furthering my understanding of Christianity and Islam have solidified my atheism. If you really dig deep into Christianity and the bible you'll find that it's much more like every other religion out there and that for the same reason that Christianity is wrong the rest of them are too. Besides if you trace all of it back to the first true religion then you can plainly see that the rest of world religion was derived from it.
2007-03-25 11:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by Puggz 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I understand completely what christianity is about and find it unbelievable. No tragedy, no influence of friends or relatives. Proof is not so much the issue as *evidence*... there is no credible evidence.
2007-03-25 11:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Logically ..... Atheists are born Atheists ...... Christians are born Atheists, Buddhists are born Atheists, Taoists are born Atheists, in fact everyone are born Atheist.
It is only after some constant doctrine, blatant data feeding (notice, not information feeding. Data can be right or can be wrong, information are processed data), possibly fear instilling, that one becomes a Christian, a Buddhist, a Taoist, a Hindu, a whatever ......
Maybe you can prove the above statement is wrong.
2007-03-25 11:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
It seems for a lot of people atheism stems from reading religious texts.
I was never Christian, but I tried Christianity, but the more I studied it, the more I realized how silly it all really was.
I mean why would a God be so needy, bitter, jealous, and petty?
2007-03-25 11:53:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Straightforward lack of evidence for God reinforced by the realisation that evangelical Christians are promoting beliefs that are absurd and illogical.
2007-03-25 11:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I, like everyone, was born an atheist. In college I searched hard for God. Tried church, bible, faith. It was mainly my realization that atheism did make someone a bad person that solidified my lack of belief.
2007-03-25 11:53:43 · answer #9 · answered by Eleventy 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I just felt atheism was the logical choice for me. I understand it may be different for others, but for me, I had no reason to believe in god
2007-03-25 11:55:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋