I've became an agonistic type when i was a kid, because i find the bible hard to believe. Plus i am sick and tired of the discrimination and violent bahaviors towards people with different beliefs. I however know there is something out there but no way of knowing. I'm about as close to finding the answer like i'm becoming a multi-billion dollar man.
2007-09-23 11:09:32 · 14 answers · asked by mystic_lonewolf22 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It wasn't really a matter of becoming, but rather realizing that, not only was I an atheist, I had always been one. I was about thirteen before I had the self-awareness, the inquisitiveness, and the willingness to challenge orthodoxy that was required to admit to myself that I had really never bought any of that business.
2007-09-23 11:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋
I was an atheist at birth, was brainwashed around 10 by my Christian school, then a few years later - with a little more knowledge, wisdom, and thoughts of my own, I decided not only that the Christian god is false, but there is most likely no supernatural power. Over time this conclusion became firmer. Why? Simply because there is no evidence of it. This does not disprove the idea (of course), but I would not believe in Big Foot unless there is evidence of him. And wishful thinking is not a reason to believe in anything.
You say you know there is something out there - so I guess that makes you an agnostic theist. But how do you know there is something out there? We have great imaginations, but what we believe is not always reality. Through science we are understanding the reality of us, the world, and the universe. I think there is a natural answer for everything.
2007-09-23 11:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by khard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was sent to Catholic school (which by the way I don't regret. It was a good school and reading the Bible makes it easier to discuss it.)
I doubted since kindergarten.
I really started thinking about it around 9.
I refused to do my holy communion at 11, because it went against my morals to do it if i didn't believe in it.
I dabbled a bit in Paganism, and believed (or wanted to believe) in reincaration briefly in my early teens.
I was an atheist for while, but then came to the realisation I don't have scientific proof for that either.
I identify as agnostic since early adulthood, because I refuse to get into the entire point "believing". I only accept what is scientifically proven, the rest is unknown.
2007-09-23 11:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by Krelboyne_Girl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you know there's something out there but you have no way of knowing, then you don't know.
Pardon the technicality.
I became an atheist a little over a year ago because I reexamined my religion and all my beliefs objectively and found no good reason to believe in either a religion or a god.
2007-09-23 11:20:23 · answer #4 · answered by Snark 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I really started to become agnostic when I was 10, and my aunt was absentmindedly talking to my mom about how she wonders what dying will be like and wondered if it was just not existing anymore. That's when I started to have second thoughts about God and Heaven and Jesus (because I was raised Christian) and started to not be so sure. And I also don't like many things about religion, and I prefer to believe or disbelieve nothing because there aren't any set rules or things I have to follow or do. It's just kind of nice to be in the middle and sort of go with the flow.
2007-09-24 14:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest looking at the commonalities between all religions and use that. I think you may find that the "ways of life" are similar. I did such a thing, since I thought the truth would be universal (so whatever was common between all was how I concluded such) and am now a Buddhist. It's the middle way
2007-09-23 11:21:20 · answer #6 · answered by Corvus 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Two years ago, when I realized how intolerant most religions were, and became an agnostic. Now I'm an atheist, though, because there is no evidence supporting a god(s) existence.
2007-09-23 11:19:12 · answer #7 · answered by JavaGirl ~AM~ 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I used to be very religious. I wanted to become a priest lol. I used to go to church 2 times a day, 5 times on sunday and 3 times a day during summer. I'm serious. Due to this I used to torment myself alot thinking that I am not doing enough. Ironic lol. I spet many a sleepless nights due to this. I finally had enough and said this can't be any good for me. So I gave it up. Now I feel alot better.
Thanks Atheism. You Rock. Jesus? Lick my balls!!!
2007-09-23 11:18:25 · answer #8 · answered by Luke V 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Dunno really. It was a gradual process. I must have been around 10 or so when I gave up the fantasy completely but I don't really remember. It all just seemed so stupid. And the more I learned, the higher my education in the sciences, the stupider such superstition became.
2007-09-23 11:21:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was in bible college studying the koine greek. The "small errors" in english became gaping holes in the original language. That was what really did it for me. I couldn't have been more surprised!
2007-09-23 11:16:55 · answer #10 · answered by Laptop Jesus 3.9 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋