Since most atheists were raised as christians in the western hemisphere, can we safely say ..........?

Question

That false Christian doctrines (such as trinity/original sin) is the cause of disbelief in a creator?

Answer 1

A debate is a formal method of interactive and position representational argument.



Sacraments are not magic: while they impart sanctifying grace, in order for those who've reached the age of reason to benefit from them, he must receive them with the proper intention; in other words, they require faith!

Catholics believe, repent, and obey.

We believe and trust in Christ .

We repent and are baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost for the remission of sins.

We obey the will of the Father and keep the commandments.

We eat the Body of Christ but not unworthily, and only after discerning the Lord's Body lest we eat damnation onto ourselves.

We judge ourselves and, when we fall, confess our sins to those to whom Christ has given the authority to forgive sins in His Name, and to obey that authority when it comes to what is bound and loosed .

We love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love our neighbors as ourselves.

What we have is Grace, Faith, and Works.




These may not be what you believe in but to call them "false Christian doctrines" creates debates instead of dialogue.



A dialogue is a reciprocal conversation between two or more Entities.

A dialogue is an effective means of on-going communication rather than as a purposive attempt to reach some conclusion or to express some viewpoint.

Answer 2

They may not be the direct cause but I think they did play a role in my choice to disbelieve god. I think several factors however contributed it. The most prevalent was that I could ask a question and science would give me a solid answer and proof. If I asked the church the same question they would say because god did it or that science really didn’t know. They never could produce their own proof and just wanted to me take it all on faith. Also when I started to ask questions about other religions and how come they should be false and the Christian one should be true they still never had a strong answer.

I think in the end when I started to rationalize things and take thinks at more then face value the whole religious institution just fell apart before my eyes.

Answer 3

My non-belief in the Trinity was merely a trigger. After that it was disbelief in the Bible after much research...and if the Bible is false...that leaves religion to be a "no go" as well. At that point I was a deist...simply shunning religion, but giving a creator credit. But now I have seen no proof of a god, and the idea of a god that creates, then ignores his creation is ridicuous. So now I am an atheist.

The fact that there even ARE false doctrines, should give any sane, thinking person pause to examine their beliefs. If some are false, they all can be.

Answer 4

In America you can say pretty much anything you like.
I don't know about the "safely " part though.
Alot depends on where you are when you say it, and who you say it to...for instance, I wouldn't say it an awful lot here in Alabama. Some of these rednecks get seriously offended when someone challenges their beliefs. As a former "Yankee" (I grew up in upstate New York) I can tell you from personal experience. Some of these good folks can get quite violent and that rather quickly.
That's just a bit of advice, for what it's worth.
It is your opinion that Christian beliefs are false. It is your perogative to believe whatever seems right to you.
However, because YOU believe it, doesn't necessarily make it true.

Answer 5

I am sorry, but where do you get off saying most Atheists started as Christians. They most certainly did not. I and all my friends who are Atheist, were not remotely 'raised as Christians'. Perhaps in the USA that may be slightly truer, but Europe does not tolerate such fundamentalism and so has far more Atheists naturally.

Answer 6

I think i became an atheist when the church told me that my uncle was going yo hell cause he was gay, my mom was going to hell for not going to church every Sunday, and I was going to hell for associating with with my family. Pretty traumatizing for a five yr old to hear. Yet even at five I knew that I didn't want to be a part of something with such a low tolerance of anything different. So maybe it has to do with molars too, maybe some people believe they should accept people more and disagree with the churches ideals.

Answer 7

Wow, nice manipulation of the Cause and Effect theory of the genesis of an Atheist. However, I think it goes deeper than that. There are stiffer penalties for not believing in other cultures. For instance, the one guy that converted to christianity in the middle east was killed. (in the news about 2 years ago. he was a closet christian till one of his family member 'outed him').

Answer 8

Repression rebound, the Enlightenment and free-thinking, and separation of church/state 'allow' for the disbelief. None of these are causes however. The 'cause' is more likely related to inconsistent and conflicting dogma, and perhaps acute intuition, or counterintuition depending on how you see it.

Answer 9

Growing up catholic I had serious doubts then. In college after taking a few theology classes and studying the bible I became an atheist. When you closely look at and study the bible the con becomes extremely clear.

Answer 10

Since when do you get the idea that most people were raised christians in the western hemisphere?