*Note: This is NOT an open invitation for any believers to bash anyone. Go somewhere else to do that, please.
I'm an Atheist, but was raised Christian, had a Great-Grandfather who was a preacher and I attended Christian schooling. When I was a child I asked my Pastor in school, "How do you know there's a God if you can't see him?" He answered, "Well, you don't see the AIR but you know it's there, right?" Not good enough for me. Even as a child. I knew back then we had scientific proof of an atmosphere. That was my earliest memory of doubt.
2007-09-25 04:59:00 · 17 answers · asked by jessepko 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I was born an Atheist, brought up an Atheist, will breed Atheists, and will die an Atheist.
NO dogmas will mess with my mind ever...
That is the only TRUE freedom, freedom of thought, and that is freedom money can't buy.
2007-09-25 05:02:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I guess I remember questioning when I was around 9 in Sunday school. The stories seemed so far out and like other stories that people read me that were admitted fiction only these were even weirder. As a teen I started reading the Bible for myself and what I found there was a God who wasn't really very nice and in fact seemed kind of twisted and downright crazy and lots of stuff that didn't add up. I started to really ask a lot of questions and I didn't find answers to my questions very convincing. Still I wanted to believe and fit in with the other kids and the adults I loved so I shoved all that aside for years. I didn't really become an atheist until my twenties. For several years before I was in this twilight zone of rationalized belief but it wasn't working out that well. I really fought coming to terms with disbelief but once I did it was such a great relief to be honest with myself about reality I had no regrets.
2007-09-25 05:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There were seeds of doubt around fourth grade, when I was made aware of Greek mythology, Aesop's fables and the subtle distinction between God-sourced "miracles" and diabolical "magic". I couldn't find the quality that made Bible stories more valid than other parables. But it wasn't until college that a professor in a religious studies class (the subject was Christology) gave me permission to examine the most fundamental aspects of my faith. I knew there was a strong emotional content in faith, and I had never had a "religious experience" that I couldn't attribute to the feelings of the situation. I considered the ramifications of a godless universe and realized that it made more sense than an imperceptible after-world generated by communal hope and fear. And I have the impression now that my teachers, the ones who knew their subject, were subtly pointing out the pitfalls of blind faith.
2007-09-25 08:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was 6 or 7 years old we were being taught about God and Christianity at school and it all just seemed too silly to be true. It never made any sense to me and I found those beliefs and stories weird. So in a way I had doubts about religion and God right from the time they started teaching me about it. I guess the brainwashing efforts started too late for them to convince me before I could think for myself.
2007-09-25 05:05:50 · answer #4 · answered by undir 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive always doubted the credabilty of christianity even though i was brought up in christian family
i guess the earliest i can remember is when i came to texas at about 6 or 7 yrs old
2007-09-25 05:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always had 'feelings' of doubt... but it wasn't until college that I questioned the supposed firm logical & scientific foundation of Christianity (yes I was a typical fundie Christian)
A little after I graduated college I concluded I wasn't Christian any more - I couldn't lie to myself like that.
2007-09-25 05:04:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
as a kid in Sunday School, too many things never made any sense whatsoever (Noah's ark, god smiting people willy-nilly, arbitrary and capricious judgments), and no one could ever offer me any good answers - not even good guesses. More and more, the fallback answer seemed to be, "don't ask questions. just believe what we tell you." As I grew older, the questions multiplied, and they became more unanswerable by Christians.
I've since journeyed into a dogma-free style of spirituality.
2007-09-25 05:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It was in 5th grade, the teacher was teaching us the Theory of Evolution, as I listened to him, I remember thinking that evolution makes a lot more sense than the story of creation in the bible.
I was raised catholic and attended a catholic grade school....yes that means that a teacher in a catholic school taught us the theory of evolution, imagine the ruckus that would raise in today's world!
2007-09-25 05:08:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The earliest I can remember was being about 12, and wondering why a "god" would do the things in the bible.
2007-09-25 05:03:53 · answer #9 · answered by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I remember in Sunday school,trying not to get in trouble for laughing at the picture of the ark with a giraffe's head sticking out.It still makes me chuckle remembering.At 5 years old,I wasn't buying that story
2007-09-25 05:03:02 · answer #10 · answered by nobodinoze 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋