Just curious, did you EVER believe in God or did you grow up in a religious home? If so, which faith were you raised?
(I know this is probably another *DRINK* question, thank you for your patience, lol!)
2007-09-21 03:38:42 · 17 answers · asked by Jaye16 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well I'll drink to it anyway.
My immediate family were fairly strict Methodists and other branches of my family were a whole range of beliefs including seventh day adventists, church of England and Mormon (my uncle is a Mormon Bishop).
I went to church and Sunday school regularly until age 7 when it suddenly dawned on me that it was all total nonsense and told my family as much. To their great credit they never pressured me into going to church again (no doubt hoping that I would "see the light" and return later). Instead I have convinced several members of my family that religion is meaningless as god does not exist and that it's only used for controlling the masses through fear and veiled threats.
2007-09-21 03:45:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a religious home, my father was a minister. I was a firm believer and adamant Creationist, until I realized that Creationism is based on potentially unintentional lies that are accepted as truth. Then I realized that there was vastly more evidence for evolution than I had be led to believe, and that it was a valid science just like physics or chemistry.
I then examined what I was basing my belief on and realized it was full of theological contradictions and inconsistencies. As I objectively read the bible, I realized that it espoused a number of degrading and inhuman ideas and lacked any evidence to support it being a factual book.
Oh... I was a protestant, when to a Southern Baptist High School (ACE) and spent some time in the Charismatic movement.
2007-09-21 03:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised a Methodist, attended church and bible school every Sunday but I don't think I ever truly believed. When I was ten, I went to a week-long church-sponsored camp. One of the girls in my cabin became hysterical one day, claiming to have seen Jesus. Even at that young an age, my thoughts were that this girl was seeing things. Didn't believe her at all. The older I got, the more I realized atheism was the way for me to go.
2007-09-21 03:58:24 · answer #3 · answered by OPad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I probably did, since I had to go to church until I was about 6 years old.
But I grew out of it, after I stopped going. It was just illogical, and it didn't give me any of the answers I needed. I read the Bible, and it didn't help.
I still don't believe in deities, but now I'm also a neo-pagan. So I guess I found something that works for me.
2007-09-21 03:47:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just because I don't believe in the christian concept doesn't mean I don't believe a God. I just don't believe in the christian version of that.
My mom was Presbyterian and my dad was Baptist. Neither was overly stuck inside the religious box and knew that it was up to us children to make our own choice of spirituality.
I remember going to church with my mom one time when I was around 3 maybe 4. I sat there listening and then it hit me that the man speaking knew nothing. I decided I was done listening and fell asleep.
2007-09-21 05:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by Janet L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised catholic..... well, i wasn't really "raised" catholic..... it wasn't until my mother took part in something she felt incredibly guilty for that she got the whole family involved in the catholic church. When i was 15 or 16 I was put through the classes to receive communion and all that garbage. The more i learned the more i realized it was a load of crap.
Prior to that every other weekend my grandmother took my sister and I to a lutheran sunday school.
2007-09-21 03:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by DaveFrehley 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
went to christian preschool. believed in god. but i was like 4. then i didn't really think abt it till i was like 10 and at 10 i was thinking is there a god? idkk. i still don't know if there is a god or not. i mean the idea of some guy who made everything sitting up in the sky seems silly.
2007-09-21 05:33:54 · answer #7 · answered by V 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, and I grew up in an abusive household. Made the concept of god a lot harder, being punished for nothing, and I was miserable for a long time.
I'm a lot happier as an atheist than I ever was as any branch of theism.
2007-09-21 03:47:44 · answer #8 · answered by serious troll 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised in a Christian home but I never actually believed any of it. I was shocked to learn that other people thought the Bible was "true" the way the nightly news is (or is supposed to be, anyway).
2007-09-21 03:47:02 · answer #9 · answered by N 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised a Christian and believed until I was about 19, I finally converted to Atheism when I was 21.
2007-09-21 03:45:50 · answer #10 · answered by The Return Of Sexy Thor 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋