2007-06-04 06:10:58 · 17 answers · asked by Quantrill 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've found that, if I assume I'm an ignoramous, my life is full of such moments. (Think about it...)
2007-06-04 08:04:35 · answer #1 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mean, spiritually? I was 13, in yet another long, boring christian doctrine class at my church, when the priest quoted something, purportedly said by Jesus, about women's inferiority. Since I'd believed in equal rights for all, I asked him if the N.T. REALLY said this. He read it aloud (I forget the passage), but it was like a thunderclap: JESUS WAS NOT ONLY A SEXIST...but WRONG! If HE ("god") was wrong...then the whole thing was nothing more than a house of cards!
From then on, I questioned everything, much to the priests' annoyance, and realized (my second big "AHA!") that in all likelihood, there was no god and I'd been wasting my time with religion. I never, ever looked back and am now facing the latter half of my life without suddenly "finding religion" either.
2007-06-04 13:18:12 · answer #2 · answered by Gwynneth Of Olwen 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When I read this:
FAQ: Do "Swedenborgians" believe in the Holy Trinity?
The idea of God, with all conception of Him, having been thus rent asunder, it is my purpose to treat, in their order, of God the Creator, of the Lord the Redeemer, and of the Holy Spirit the Operator, and lastly of the Divine trinity, to the end that what has been rent asunder may be again made whole; which is done when the reason of man is convinced by the Word and by light therefrom that there is a Divine trinity, and that the trinity is in the Lord God the Savior Jesus Christ, like the soul, the body, and what goes forth from these, in man; and that thus this article in the Athanasian Creed is true:"
"In Christ God and man, or the Divine and the Human, are not two, but are in one person; and as the rational soul and the flesh are one man, so God and man are one Christ." -- True Christian Religion n.4[3]:
2007-06-04 13:15:44 · answer #3 · answered by WhyNotAskDonnieandMarie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I first thought of what turned out to be the standard reply to Cartesian dualism (that the so-called material and spiritual domains would have difficulty interacting).
From that point on, my atheism was pretty much assured, as my last obstacle to rejecting religion altogether was finding a realistic outlook on consciousness.
2007-06-04 13:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by Minh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You really don't specify what type of Aha you mean.
If you mean AHA in the sense that I realised that religion was bs, then birth.
If I realised that the universe was so mysterious and full of dimensions filled with hyper dimensional beings......never.
2007-06-04 13:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When in august of 1990 I was shown the words 'everlasting life' in the bible.
Realizing that the feeling I had about life and death being so without purpose finally was answered.
We weren't suppose to die !
(John 17:3;Ps 37:29)
2007-06-04 13:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by volunteer teacher 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When I first looked at the American Humanist Association website.
2007-06-04 13:14:15 · answer #7 · answered by nondescript 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Carl Sagan's The Demon Haunted World.
That book pushed me to re-examine my previous assumptions like no other. Faith had no hold on me anymore. I had something new and wonderful: logic, reason, and empiricism.
2007-06-04 13:14:06 · answer #8 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
When I first heard Take On Me.
Deke-you owe me a beer.
2007-06-04 13:13:27 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
When I realized that modern scientific understanding agrees with the concept of an original source.
2007-06-04 13:14:36 · answer #10 · answered by Elmer R 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋