Has anyone else turned away from God?

Question

I became a Christian 2 years ago. Now I have turned my back on God and I feel so much better, so relieved! Has anyone else been a Christian and then turned their backs on God?

Answer 1

I did so too, many years ago. At first, I felt the same way as you, but as time went on I began to feel empty inside, and after 5 years of misery, I repented of my backsliding.
Since that time, I have been given back the years that the locusts had eaten. I would not go back again, because I know that there is nothing outside of Christ worth living for.

I am not sure what your experience was like, maybe you were put under pressure by other Christians or taught wrongly.
I trust that you will see that living life God's way is best, and the most exciting.

Your welcome to email me if you wish to speak further.

Answer 2

I was born an atheist, just like you and every other human being on this planet. Sometime between then and the time I was 10, I had become a Christian. I was a Christian till shortly after turning 18, then I became a Deist, then I became an atheist.

Answer 3

I was like you some time ago and I can tell you that feeling of relief and excitement is only temporary and is the devil's ploy to deceive you and rob you of God's promises! I don't know what has happened to make you turn from Him but God is there for you and will see you through whatever it is.

When I turned my back on God I thought life was great until I realized that without God life is empty and meaningless. Because you are a christian God is still speaking to you, please hear his voice and let him in. Don't let the superficial attractions of an ungodly life tempt you from the path of righteousness because they will all pass, they are not permanent.

Answer 4

Ask yourself this: do you feel you are turning your back on God just because you turned your back on Christianity? Perhaps you really need a different concept of divinity, not necessarily to reject divinity altogether.

I was brought up protestant, became a Catholic when I married one, and then left the church (or it left me) when I left my abusive Catholic husband. But I do not feel I ever turned my back on God per se, only on the concepts of God I had been taught. Eventually I came (long way around) to being a pagan, a polytheist, and believing that all of those images and symbols are but human representations of something more profound and mysterious and unknowable.

Perhaps I am more of a pantheist than a polytheist, but I believe in something at a sufficiently higher level of existence than my human form that I can connect with, be a part of, and thus not fear death.

Answer 5

For nearly 30 years, then God drew me back. It was only after He pulled me back that I truly felt His presence and His love.

If you feel happier now, then you did not feel God’s presence while you called yourself a Christian. I don’t know the reason. Perhaps it was the way you were being taught. Was the focus of the teachings fear, hell and damnation? That is not the way to feel God’s love.

I would be miserable without God’s presence, now that I know this joy. Unless you feel God’s presence, I don’t think it is possible to understand how this changes everything.

Answer 6

Yes. At first it was fun, but then an emptiness grew more and more prevalent. All the fun I was having was all momentary, the joy of the Lord filled me from within and leaves a long lasting feeling/fulfillment. It was a time in my life I learned a lot about myself and about God. The whole time there was something inside me that knew God was right there waiting for me and loved me even in my time of rebellion.

Just like children we grow up and want to do our own thing. Our parents tell us what is best, but we want to make that decision on our own. God understands His children will rebel and go out on their own, but He is always there waiting. It seems you may know this, because you write you "turned your back on God".

Answer 7

Well first off you still must believe in God if you still refer to him as a person. Secondly even though I am an Atheist I think your statement from my point of view is foolish. You are stating that you know that there is a creator, you know there exists an all powerfull overseer yet you still turn your back on them? that makes no sense. it's like from a biblical perspective you are saying, Yes I know god exists but I would rather go to hell. Either way there is no god but I would just re word what you say.

Answer 8

God is supposed to be a concept thats supposed to help you.

religions pervert this and add fear and other things in it, that is a turnoff to people and it controls them.

live your life up as much as you want, just try to know the "truth" be a good person, or at least try to , and be kind to others.

if you're saying, ud rather be a scumbag then a good person, and thats why you turned from god,


then im sorry but no one should applaud that. thats despicable.


however, if you just are turned OFF by religion, i can fully understand why.

but when you say you turned away from "god" you make it sound like you gave up on being good.

Answer 9

Evil tempts us all especially Christians. That is the relief you feel. Evil has let up on you because he has lured you away. Even in Church I have felt it tugging at me saying things like " don't you get tired for hearing this all the time? and you can do this on your own.' Evil would love to see me get up and walk out. When you can't win the war you settle for battles, Fight the good fight, I'll remember you in my prayers.

Answer 10

Here. I feel so much better now, actually.

Hey, Jan, right above me... How could the questioner go to a place that you think exists when that exact thing is what god is all about? And since the questioner doesn't believe in god, how could he go to hell?