Is there anyone one here who has changed their minds about being Christian or Atheist?

Question

How did you come to conclusion?

Answer 1

I used to be a believer. I outgrew religion when I outgrew cartoons.
part of growing up i guess

Answer 2

As a transgendered person who voted as a republican in the 2000 election.I have come to regret my decision their is no such thing as compassionate conservatism.I still see the same contempt for the lgbt community from christianity and an unwillingness to understand people use these church teachings as an excuse to create violent crimes of hate against the lgbt community.When congress just passed the enda bill which would protect the lgbt community and women and children from abuse the president says he will veto this legislation and one doesn't have to expell many brain cells to figure out who is lobbying against this legislation.I am at a point in my life where I feel everything I was tought to believe in has been stolen from me.A republican party that champions equality such as freeing the slaves and is for fiscal conservation and small government and a christian religion That accepts all sinners and realizes no sinner is better than the other.I still believe there is a god but there is know way I can say I am a christian or a republican after these last six years.

Answer 3

I believe that once one is saved, always saved. God would not be consistent with His character and nature if He changed His mind about making you His child. I and all other born-again Christians are such because God chose us first. He hates our sin, but He does not get fed up and say, "Now you are off the list."
I know that there are atheists who have become Christians. Most memorably is Lee Strobel, the writer who, as an atheist, sought to do research to show that the claims of the Bible were nonsense. His research led him to see his need for a Savior. Now he is a Christian and the author of a series of books, The Case for Christ, The Case for Faith and a few others.

Answer 4

I went from Catholic to Agnostic to Buddhist. I think I became a solid Agnostic when I prayed not to experience something I feared and then experience exactly that. I think we make our fears come true ourselves. I also really liked Carl Sagan. His PBS series, "Cosmos," showed a much more beautiful depiction of creation than did the Bible.

I say agnostic because I was never really ready to say, "There definitely is no God." Believe it or not, I got the notion of a oneness in the Universe from Catholic school. Then I heard of after death experiences where people feel a oneness of the Universe. I came to figure the Universe itself was God. Somewhere along the line, I heard that Buddhism taught a kind of oneness in the Universe. Ever since, I have been getting more and more into that. The teachings speak to me. So you see a spirituality, never left.

But as to God, I don't suppose I believe in a God as it is thought of in western culture. I just believe in a grand scheme that we are all working on as the one, but no big daddy.

Answer 5

I never really changed my mind about being a Christian. I began to look into the discrepancies between the Church and the Bible and starting coming to the conclusion that a lot of Christians are removed from spirituality and absorbed into religion. In particular a good number of Christians believe that to be "saved" one must accept Jesus as God and that he died for us. Where this baffled me was that the majority of the world does not follow this but strive to follow what Jesus taught (unconditional respect and compassion for your fellow man). In a lot of Christian doctrine they'd be going to hell. I looked deeply into Islam (with its reverence of Jesus and the things he taught) even considering converting but I eventually came to accept that we cannot possibly understand what God is. God is described in Judaism, Christianity and Islam as an infinite entity responsible for everything yet religion tends to limit and define God. All religions preach the same fundamental message of of universal and unconditional respect for life. Mohandas Gandhi said,"I consider myself a Hindu, Christian, Moslem, Jew, Buddhist and Confucian." This is the kind of path I have taken. I'm not religious, agnostic or atheist. I am spiritual worshipping life. For whatever God is, I believe it to be in every aspect of our universe.

After all, and I know a lot of people will take offense to this, Jesus taught a spiritual path not organized religion. I choose to adhere to the teachings of Jesus not so much the teachings of the Church. Just as well I find guidance from other spiritual beliefs.

Peace:)

Answer 6

I used to be a born-again, Bible-believing Christian. Now I am an atheist. My conclusions were reached through reflection, experience, prayer (unanswered) and, mostly, research.

Answer 7

I used to be a Christian, then I started realizing all the contradictions in the Bible. I also came to the conclusion that the God of the Bible isn't worth worshiping if He was real, anyway. I mean, according to the Bible he is the one who "reveals" the Son- Jesus to people. Therefore, if I believed this -I would believe the majority of my friends, some relatives, my sister, and my own boyfriend, would be in Hell because of some Sadistic God. How the piss do Christians believe God is LOVE, anyway??!!

Answer 8

I used to be a Christian, as a child. Then as an adult I wanted to learn where my belief system comes from . I realized it comes from scribal mistakes, politically motivated changes to the scripture, and books written long after Jesus died. I became Atheist.

Suggested reading:
Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman

Answer 9

Well I don't hate Christians anymore. And I have changed but not from one thing to another.

Answer 10

I feel for all the known lanthanoids and actinoids on the periodical table of elements. It is so sad that they must be seperated from their other elemental brothers and sisters? Why I ask, why?

Answer 11

Yes.

Years ago I was a Christian.

Now I am atheist.