I see here where some who once were Christian have left and become atheists. My question is, how many of you used to be an atheist and then became a Christian?
2007-09-28 13:02:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As I've said before, I was never able to look around me, even as a child, and believe that there was not *someone* greater than anyone I knew who *had* to have created it all! Although I believed in God as a child and attended Sunday School and, later, church services, my faith was not very strong. I believe this was due to the fact that much of the teaching and preaching in our church was very weak in nature and not strongly based on the Bible and on biblical principles. For example, the Gospel I heard preached was mostly "bloodless" - based too much on philosophy and not enough on Christ's sacrifice on the Cross!
When I got laid off the second time from my Summer job and was convinced that I would have to drop out of college for a second time due to lack of money, I wondered why and began to question why a loving God would allow that to happen. This made me begin to question whether there even *was* a loving God, so I began to question whether He actually existed and, if so, where the proof was that He existed *and* cared! When I decided that I would probably be drafted before I could return to college, I volunteered for the draft and had trouble discerning God's love, concern and involvement in my life. On top of that, several young women who I knew of, who attended my hometown church, and who I had thought were "good Christian girls", became pregnant out of wedlock! (No, it wasn't me - I was still a virgin at the time, at age 21.) To me, this was my final break with Christianity. I became a very staunch agnostic, firm in my unbelief and skepticism, and remained so for the next two years.
I was sure that nothing could ever shake my arrogant ignorance; but . . . ! God, through circumstances which, at the time I could not discern, through His great, unremitting, undeserved by me, agape love, brought a young lady into my life a little over 43 years ago. Through this relationship I came to experience God's love for me and, as our relationship progressed, it grew into a love relationship - first agape, then phileo and eventually romantic love. It was through God's agape love for me, both directly and through this young woman's growing love for me, that brought me to a saving knowledge of God and my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! By the bye, this young woman and I shall be celebrating our 43th Anniversary this December, the Lord willing!
I have heard, in person, the testimony of William J. Murray, the son of the infamous atheist, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, and have personally spoken with Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe in Roe vs Wade), who is now a pro-life Christian. I don't know the previous spiritual state of the following persons, just that they are *now* Christians - these are: Dion Demucci and Glenn Campbell, singers, Anne Rice, famous author of books about vampires. What caused the conversions of these former unbelievers and scoffers of Christianity? I don't know; but I just say to them, "Welcome to the family of God!"
2007-09-29 18:03:09 · answer #1 · answered by trebor namyl hcaeb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I still remember Madeline O'Hara's Son......
(She's the Atheist who was responsible for getting "prayer'' removed from Our Schools.) She raised Her OWN SON to Be Atheist, But after he grew up, He decided to search the Bible and See If His Mother was Correct. God Got ahold Of His Heart, and He Got Saved! He became an Out-standing Evangelist for God, winning Many Souls to Jesus. ( His Mother dis-owned Him) I remember hearing Him Plead For Prayers for Her Salvation.......Before someone murdered Her! Thank God, Here was One Atheist that the DEVIL LOST! Does anyone else remember this? God Does Have a Sence Of Humor, HUH? (smile)
2007-09-28 23:43:15 · answer #2 · answered by minnetta c 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I can't imagine any atheists becoming Christian. It's almost impossible to imagine. Agnostics, maybe, or people who had just turned "away from God" because they were going through a bad spell or something, but not true atheists.
For most atheists, the idea of gods is so completely absurd that it would be virtually impossible to convince them otherwise.
2007-09-28 20:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jess H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
God wouldn't want me to slap an atheist, but I'd sure like to sometimes because in their heart they know, yet in their mind they deny. ...and in their spirit, they rebel.
2007-09-29 08:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It does happen. But it's not pretty. Look at CJ.......enough said
2007-09-28 20:13:07 · answer #5 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They weren't REAL atheists...
=0P
2007-09-28 20:06:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋