And if you used to 'believe' in some higher power, was there something that happened in your life that influenced you to abandon your previous beliefs?
Just curious.
2007-10-14 15:19:58 · 16 answers · asked by Yvonne 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And since you don't believe in God, what's your opinion on the philosophy of Buddhism?
2007-10-14 15:26:11 · update #1
Yes, I believed for about 20 years, until the utter lack of evidence convinced me there's no god.
Thank you for asking without including insults. It is appreciated.
I find Buddhism attractive, and expect to learn more about it as I grow older. I'm not going to do the movie star instant public conversion thing, though.
2007-10-14 15:23:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
About 2 to 5 years ago, when I started to really look into the archaeological evidence and the evidence for evolution. There was very little and no compelling archaeological evidence and creation was totally bogus from both a evidence viewpoint and the cases that creationist made - essentially the best you can evaluate creationist claims as is misrepresentation of the facts.
Edit:
That would make about 40 years being a believer, and about 5 to 10 times through the bible completely.
2007-10-14 15:26:04 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as a small child I prayed and believed in a higher power. Then, around the same time as I stopped believing in Santa and the Easter Bunny, I stopped believing in God. Why? Because the concept of God makes no sense and isn't necessary.
2007-10-14 15:24:02 · answer #3 · answered by JavaGirl ~AM~ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The King James version of the recent testomony improve into executed in 1611 by employing 8 contributors of the Church of england. there have been (and nonetheless are) no unique texts to translate. The oldest manuscripts we've have been written down thousands of years after the final apostle died. There are over 8,000 of those previous manuscripts, without 2 alike. The Kings Jame translators used none of those, besides. as a replace, they edited previous translations to create a version their king and Parliament could approve. So twenty first Century Christians have faith the "be attentive to God" is a e book edited interior the seventeenth century from sixteenth century translations of 8,000 contradictory copies of 4th Century scrolls that declare to be copies of lost letters written interior the 1st Century. that's no longer faith. it is insanity.
2016-10-22 10:58:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up Lutheran. I was never convinced about the idea of a soul. There was a time when I really wanted to believe in it, but I just couldn't
2007-10-14 15:25:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was raised Catholic, but to tell the truth, I don't think I ever really believed any of it. The stories are just too fantastic. I studied all the major religions and I came to the conclusion they're all wrong, and their approaches to solving problems are either simplistic or barbaric. No, thanks.
2007-10-14 15:25:37 · answer #6 · answered by link955 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I used to believe. Then I grew up.
2007-10-14 15:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by Dazcha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if a person is an atheist they do not believe in God as far as the rest of your question only an atheist can answer that
2007-10-14 15:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by fawneyblue 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yup, I was Christian until I was about 13.
2007-10-14 15:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I was raised in a churchgoing family but never believed, ever.
2007-10-14 15:23:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋