If you have, please tell me about your experience and why you are not convinced?
2007-08-20 09:05:07 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. I was raised a Christian, but have recently split with my beliefs. I can trace this to no single event, but what it amounts to overall is that I have no reason to believe. There are a lot of reasons why I don't believe (see my answer to this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqFGLatSzEV6B_OnOPENf1Dty6IX?qid=20070808083016AA0sJyu&show=7#profile-info-wKga4McMaa )
But the final nail in the coffin for me is who I am. I am not the type who can simply accept what I am told (I'm a rebel like that) and I can't believe in something just because I want to. I really, really have tried to believe in God. I prayed about it for years, but I just can't do it. I can't believe in something based on subjective anectdotes, as much as I may try. It's in my nature. So, if God made me, why did he do it? He must know how I would turn out, the agony it would cause me and the decision that I would ultimately make, so why did he do it? He must have known that I would be damned to hell from the get-go. This doesn't make any sense whatsoever. And it hit me: he's not what the bible says he is. I don't know if there is a God or force or spirit or not, but I do know that I don't believe in the Christian account. If you have any answers for me, I really would like to hear them, and I'm not just saying that. You can email me from my contact page.
2007-08-20 09:10:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I answered this question earlier, but since I wasn't directly answering this particular question, I'll do so again. Yes, I'm atheist, and I did seek answers about God. Coincidentally, it was in my quest to find answers that I realized my faith was somewhat false.
God doesn't exist, but what God stands for--in today's world at the very least--is a good thing. Religion mostly teaches people to lead good lives, and that is why I have no beef with it.
I'm not even sad for those who live their lives for a false God, thinking that they will live on in an afterlife in happiness. In death, you'll become nothing, and never think or do anything ever again. I suppose in that I find some comfort. Never having another worry or a reason to be angery. Doesn't that sound nice to you?
2007-08-20 09:09:15 · answer #2 · answered by Red 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Im convinced of the existance of a higher being, I go to church and stuff so I would say catholicism is my way to seek out god.
But i have my doubts about God´s nature, and between changing God and changing sciece, I choose to change God, because science is, ultimately, a way of finding a God (or lack thereof)
2007-08-20 09:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I spent years. I was raised Christian, and had a very strong faith growing up. Religion was a HUGE part of my life. As I got older, the things I was taught started to not make sense to me. They didn't sound believable. I spent years talking to preachers, and other believers. I read the Bible twice, as well as other religious literature. I prayed and prayed and prayed. It was very hard for me to accept that I didn't believe, because my religion was such a big part of my life, and I couldn't imagine living without the beliefs I had grown up with. But the fact was that I just didn't believe it anymore. Eventually, I was not only no longer bothered by the fact that I didn't believe, but I was able to embrace it and live my life free of superstition and religious fear.
2007-08-20 09:31:27 · answer #4 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why is it that atheist and agnostics who attempt to seek out truth never come up with god?
Why is it that seeking out truth does not equate to god?
Why is it someone would place some concept of god above TRUTH?
Why is god and truth never the same?
Why is that you say we who seek only truth are the deceived but you who could live on imagination alone are not deceived?
Have any Christians/Catholics out there sincerely attempted to SEEK OUT TRUTH????
2007-08-20 09:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
you are one of those types who believes that anyone claiming to not believe in God is lying to themselves. you can't imagine that someone could honestly see the world differently than you do. Believe me, atheists and agnostics generally are very sincere truth-seekers. They deserve your respect.
2007-08-20 09:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by Janelle 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yes, for many years. i have talked to preachers and padres and fathers, and monks. my talks have left me with more questions than answers, more disbelief than belief. it seems God can only be understood as a faith, not with rational thought. and, for some odd reason, i just can't believe in that, why give us reason if we are not to use it? so i come here to talk to thought's of religion, to try and see what they see. just sometimes, most of the time, it doesn't make sense. i guess, that one thing hasn't happened to me yet.
2007-08-20 09:25:20 · answer #7 · answered by RuG™ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm waiting for God to appear before me to prove his existence. Until that happens, I'm an Atheist. Please don't tell me that I have seek him. He's all-powerful. He can appear before me with no effort on his part. After that, I'll do all the work.
2007-08-20 09:15:33 · answer #8 · answered by S K 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I spent the majority of my life as a Christian and a good portion exploring other beliefs. I do still enjoy learning about other beliefs, but so far...I still haven't come across god.
2007-08-20 09:13:03 · answer #9 · answered by KS 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. (Matthew 12:39)
2007-08-20 09:19:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋