Question open to all religions, and atheists/agnostics even though the wording would be a bit different since it's not a religion.
Asked objectively. I'm not saying you should be sad or you shouldn't, just wondering your perspective. Thanks!
2007-10-12 04:04:14 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am the only atheist in my life (in the real world), so I guess I can't answer part of your question, but if an atheist I knew changed his/her beliefs, I would worry only if s/he joined a cult.
2007-10-12 05:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by Darth Cheney 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not really. I know people of so many different religions that its just not shocking anymore. Plus I'm a convert to Judaism, so I certainly understand people not being comfortable with the religion they were born into.
However, that doesn't mean that I approve of people aggressively targeting Jews for conversion to [insert "better" religion here].
2007-10-12 04:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by Cathy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 02:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, i just take it as they've found a path tailored to suit their ability to wrap their mind around God. Different Paths, Same Destination.
What i do not like is, when they say things like, 'Oh i got saved from the other evil false religion.' I mean dude, are you even listening to yourself? You were born into it? Your parents belong to that religion, does that make them evil too?
I don't understand why people cannot accept that it really is, Different Paths, Same Destination.
2007-10-12 04:20:43 · answer #4 · answered by sabrewilde666 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. That is in answer to your question whether or not it makes me sad. I have no right to be sad if someone sees the world differently and is comfortable with it. That's got to be good for them.
I don't know of anyone atheistic - as Gazoo says, who actually calls themselves an atheist as distinct from agnostic or indifferent - who has then reverted to a theistic belief model. But I would find that very difficult to understand, merely because rejecting atheism - depicting it, unusually, as a positive set of beliefs - is to reject its fundamental tenets, which concern the nature of evidence. If there was no evidence for god one day, then there isn't going to be evidence for god on another day. How, therefore, does the atheist change? They reject the rationalism on which their ideas are grounded.
2007-10-12 04:17:39 · answer #5 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Not at all.
If anything I would be interested.
Within the definition of my beliefs there is no stigma or negativity towards those that choose another path.
I would want to know what changed the persons mind that is all.
2007-10-12 04:21:22 · answer #6 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I lived the religion I am today because Yes I had to and I loved it. I don't know others think or feel about it.
2007-10-12 04:08:58 · answer #7 · answered by white_painted_lady 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It only makes me sad if they make their decision based on fear. If someone I know embraces something because they really believe that it is what will bring them happiness then I have no problem with that. In the end, faith or no faith is really none of my business. It is not the definition of a person. I think when it becomes one's self definition then you actually have a loss of self. Just my thoughts.
Peace and Sweetness!
2007-10-12 04:11:21 · answer #8 · answered by Yogini 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am happy when a person finds a spiritual or even a non-spiritual path that resonates within them, it this means that they change their religious belief, so be it.
2007-10-13 04:15:02 · answer #9 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never known a person that actively called them self an atheist to ever change their mind. Even the ones that people like to point to, I can't find any reference to them actively calling them self that. I'm sure it has happened, but I can't find a good clear example.
I would wonder about their metal state if they did. But I can't say that I would be sad about it. It really doesn't effect me.
2007-10-12 04:10:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋