Aren't such 'former atheists' more like confused people totally clueless about what to believe?
2007-10-17 04:06:51 · 27 answers · asked by Lex Fok B.M.F. 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That's it exactly.
No such thing as a former atheist. You can be non-religious and then fall for some superstitious drivel but nobody who has really thought it through could ever fall for something so silly.
2007-10-17 04:10:07 · answer #1 · answered by Leviathan 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Having never been an Atheist, I can't answer for others. I figure anything is possible even if not everything is probable. As a former Agnostic, I am now a Believer in Christ, but I was questioning not denying the existence of God.
2007-10-17 04:16:05 · answer #2 · answered by detailgirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I think "Former Atheists" are far more likely, but it IS possible for a teen to re-believe in Santa Claus. All they have to do is LOSE THEIR FREAKING MINDS.
Although I can think of one "Former Atheist" that is totally confused and clueless. So much to the point that he now believes in God and DOESN'T believe in atheists. :)
2007-10-17 04:15:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you invoke the term "re-believing," do you imply that all who are former atheists have gone back to whatever they believed before becoming atheist? That is presumptuous to say the least. Anyone who is convinced that someone has to stick to a certain belief in order to be defined as a person has a closed mind. Exploration of concepts does not equate with "fence-sitting" or "wishy-washy." Those who are afraid to leave the security of a belief that has served them well (whether that belief be in a deity or lack of same) have stopped seeing with their eyes and mind and settled down to pasture. Order may proceed from seeming chaos; patterns emerge that have nothing to do with dogma and everything to do with human nature...I believe humans have an innate tendency to band together around a belief or system of thought. Are you taking those few who do not to task because they do not wish to conform?
2007-10-17 05:27:10 · answer #4 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Santa is rather Ernie the best sized chicken from relatives guy he does opt for to the contact Peter alot consisting of his fist. The teeth Fairy is Fred Durst because he become fired from Burger King and he mandatory the money!
2016-10-21 07:37:44 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is more a reply to Catholic Crusader's reply:
Santa Clause may be based on St. Nicholas, but the toys and flying down the chimney thing actually is a remnant of Odin worship, and only came to be associated with St. Nicholas after Christianity came to the Germans.
2007-10-17 04:18:36 · answer #6 · answered by average person Violated 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lol!
I'd say that former atheists are MUCH more likely to believe the truth of God than some teen is to go back to believing in santa and the tooth fairy.
After all, God can soften the hardest of hearts and open your eyes to the truth.... and Santa and the tooth fairy just simply can not do that.
2007-10-17 04:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by Christian in Kuwait 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You can put it like that all you'd like.
I mean, it's hurtful, insulting and not reflective of the truth, but your view of former atheists like me does nothing to the fact that I AM an exatheist.
And, hun, I never WENT BACK to believing diddly. I was born an atheist, was an atheist well into young adulthood. Then I met my gods. Sorry.
My atheism was never about having LEFT anything. Maybe yours is. To each his own.
2007-10-17 04:11:32 · answer #8 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
these are kids we are talking about! Its nothing unusal for a teen to believe in santa!
Let them be kids while they still can! STOP MAKING THEM GROW UP TO FAST! Maybe thats why they act up! Bcause of idiots like you not letting them believe
2013-09-22 17:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Nicholas of Myra was a 4th century Christian bishop of Myra in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Anatolia, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes. He was very religious from an early age and devoted his life entirely to Christianity. In Europe (more precisely the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Germany) he is still portrayed as a bearded bishop in canonical robes. The relics of St. Nicholas were transported to Bari in southern Italy by some enterprising Italian merchants.
He is alive, as are all who die in God's friendship. To put it simply, I believe in Santa Claus, because he is real. If you don't, that is your problem.
2007-10-17 04:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋