2007-07-29 11:19:57 · 9 answers · asked by munhasen5 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For most of my life, I figured IF there was a God, then SHAME ON HIM for letting the world end up the way it is... then, during a search for God into many different religions, I came across the publications of Jehovah's Witnesses, and I felt that they answered the questions I had from the Bible, and they made sense. And after all, isn't that what faith is, basically? What you can come to believe as truth that you cannot PROVE as truth? Great question tonight!
2007-07-29 11:26:24 · answer #1 · answered by themom 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it's going to be hard to find "lifelong" atheists. Most atheists were raised in a certain religion and then, once they could think for themselves, left it. I don't think it happens in reverse very often, although I'm sure it might occur once in a while.
I will bet that if an atheist "found" god, he/she would have a pretty good reason for believing, much better than that of those who stayed in the faith into which they were born.
2007-07-29 11:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That could well be but I'd bet, with no evidence to support me, there are more people arriving at the rationality of Atheism from Theism than are being drawn into the delusions of Theism.
Invisible Sky Critter beliefs just don't stand up against sanity.
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Apparently in USian Kutcha there's a good chance you won't get a job if you're an Atheist.
At least Five states even have it in their constitution that they won't employ Atheists so I'm sure there are many Economic Converts.
2007-07-29 11:32:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of us come to atheism after reading and thinking. I am a happy atheist and have been since I was about 15. Further reading has only strengthened my non-belief in gods. I will die a happy atheist and my ashes will go on my compost heap. The only after-life for me will be as fertiliser. I cannot think of any reason why I would change my opinion about the existence of gods.
2007-07-29 11:34:59 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is extremely rare, and the numbers of "ex-atheists" are inflated in the same way the numbers of "ex-gays" are.
Additionally, most of the few people you'll see converting 'away' from atheism have either fallen for brainwashing techniques (do not assume that you are immune), or have announced the change just to fit in and/or get Christians off their back, especially if the Christians in question are people close to the individual, but actually are still atheist.
2007-07-29 11:23:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was an atheist and an enemy of God until, in my late 20's, God opened my eyes to see the truth of my spiritual condition (blind, lost, without hope) and the only remedy for it; agreeing with God that I was a sinner, accepting His gift of salvation and eternal life through His Son Jesus Christs sacrifice for MY sin on the cross and His resurrection that defeated death, that I might be made clean and acceptable to God, and repenting of my sin through the Holy Spirit that now lived in me and made it possible to repent. My life was radically changed as I became a new creation who could live a life that was full of hope and joy!
2007-07-29 11:34:42 · answer #6 · answered by Joan H 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
if they, at any point while being alive, believe in a deity, then they are not a life-long atheist.
2007-07-29 11:30:04 · answer #7 · answered by answer faerie, V.T., A. M. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've only seen people change if their under the threat of being murdered by their neighbors (mostly 60's but still happens)
2007-07-29 11:26:03 · answer #8 · answered by Skeptic123 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Sure I believe in all gods. Every last one was invented by mankind, and I believe in all the things mankind has invented.
2007-07-29 11:25:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋