This may be a hard question not to get angry at, just "proselyted" means to be persuaded by someone from another way of thinking.
I ask you here, because this is where most of you hang out (in the R&S section.)
2007-09-21 06:07:25 · 28 answers · asked by Blank 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nobody is born with knowledge. It's a constant process of measurement and integration.
2007-09-21 06:12:44 · answer #1 · answered by Chuck Biscuits 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I was born into a Jewish family and had the religion forced upon me as a child. After i was bar mitzvahed i was allowed to exercise my own free will. My entire life i found the idea of god hard to swallow. And as i became older and better educated it became even harder to believe. I became more spiritual than religious, more of a reverence for the natural world and a belief in some natural order, as in things happening for a particular reason. Since that time i have grown away from any sort of spiritual view of the world and come to the realization that all things are natural. I have come to this conclusion on my own, through study of the universe, earth, and it's inhabitants.
When you look at all of the evidence objectively and see the big picture it's easy to realize that there is no such thing as the supernatural.
2007-09-21 13:17:53 · answer #2 · answered by ChooseRealityPLEASE 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Everybody is born an atheist," as people always like to say.
I'd modify that a bit though. What they mean is that you have to be indoctrinated into religion. But "atheism" as such is only a reaction against this indoctrination. Were it not for theism, there would be no context for atheism. So I can't say that people are born atheists. They're born doctrine-free.
Myself, I was raised Catholic. I was a very devout 8 year old, but then I began to have my doubts. When puberty gave me a moral sense, I rebelled openly. But I've always been extremely interested in the "religious question," and I've made it my life's work to study every religious tradition I can. My "A-Theism" is simply a statement of my conclusions.
2007-09-21 13:19:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither. And proper spelling is appreciated - you weren't clever.
I am self educated - I took an interest in religions as an offshoot of my history studies and found a great many similarities between religions.
My experiences in church as a teenager- and the number of people who profess piety but then acted worse than non christians I knew soured me on participation in the whole religious scam.
Jesus was a good guy, supposed, and a grand insurrectionist - he surely knew how to lead. The precepts are good.
It's the overabundance of followers I've seen over the years who cannot follow a simple moral code - secular or religious - but then shout about god this and god that that keep me far away.
I do have friends who are very wonderful christians- including my former boss -so I know it's not all of them. But too many to make me feel at peace.
2007-09-21 13:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's actually not a bad question. I was raised without any formal religious instruction. My mother is a very loosely defined theist (a former Catholic), and my father an agnostic. I was encouraged to search out my own beliefs. They never discouraged me from pursuing religion, but they never forced me to study it either. I spent most of my college years study philosophy and playing devil's advocate. I will to this day, defend God to an atheist, and blaspheme cheerfully to a Christian. I enjoy hearing people talk about why they believe in something, and I think it is important to put your beliefs out there to be questioned.
2007-09-21 13:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by benjamin QMM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well they told me that all the plants were around in Genesis before the Sun and the stars in Sunday school. I knew that was absurd and it got me thinking.
I guess it was unintended proselytizing.
2007-09-21 13:13:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Everyone is born an atheist."
This is an absurd statement.
The opposite is not true either, that "Everyone is born a theist."
The truth is we are born neutral to such realities. An Atheist is someone who believes there is no God.
Infants do not have the cognitive capability to grasp either the existence nor non-existence of a deity.
2007-09-21 13:18:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I am destined to an eternity in some damned place simply because I lived my life the way I wanted then... bring it! I refuse to live in fear of some magical thing in the sky that people claim has uncondtiional love but then creates a lake of fire for certain individuals. Unyielding forgiveness sent Lucifer to Hell?
2007-09-21 13:20:19 · answer #8 · answered by Prochoice 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are all born lacking a belief in god(s) - i.e. we are all born atheists.
No amount of proselytizing could convince me that any of the religions were valid. So I remained an atheist.
2007-09-21 13:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
Nope. Came to the conclusion that idea of god was bullsh!t all on my lonesome.
Most of us hang out here? Really? How do you know? Do you think when answering questions that aren't religious in nature there's any point in stating your religion or lack thereof
2007-09-21 15:55:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was born an atheist - as was everyone else. Then I was brainwashed with religion, then I started thinking for myself. I was of course, discouraged to do any kind of rational thought, but I did it anyway and came to my own conclusions. The rest is history.
2007-09-21 13:14:48 · answer #11 · answered by Nea 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋