Many of the atheists/agnostics in R&S seem to have come from a religious background. I would have thought that most atheists/agnostics would come from fairly secular backgrounds, and would not have had much religion in their upbringing. This is certainly what happened with me. What do you think and what is your experience?
2007-10-17 07:45:46 · 10 answers · asked by katie_london 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I come from a religious background.
I think there are a higher amount of Atheists with religious backgrounds on this forum because we need to talk about it more than Atheists that weren't brought up that way.
I feel empathy for Christians struggling to find the will of God, and at the same time condemning others to hell, because I used to have the same problems.
I want them to know life can be better and much more rewarding away from the destructive beliefs propagated by religion.
So I answer questions in R&S.
That and I am trying to do my part to keep my kids safe from religious violence in the future.
2007-10-17 07:49:00 · answer #1 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say. Many people become atheists/ agnostics as a reaction to feeling smothered by a rigid belief system. I come from a fairly devout Catholic family, but luckily for me, my parents believe strongly in allowing their kids to make up their own minds -- even where religion is concerned. I'm very familiar with Catholicism, I practiced that religion quite earnestly, and I didn't really start challenging it until I was about 12. I didn't stop going to church until I was 16 or so. My younger brother, on the other hand, has only been in a church a handful of times in his life, and as far as I know, never even considered believing in God. Atheism came quite naturally to him.
2007-10-17 07:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 13:05:04 · answer #3 · answered by dorthy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My folks are churchy types but all 4 of us kids are atheists. It started with one brother, the scientist (now a doc), who impressed upon me that religion was all crap. And that made sense to me because I never understood what all that stuff was at church. I would cry if I had to go. Always wondered why my mom came back from up front smelling like booze. See, it makes no sense. You can't tell me that sipping some wine has anything to do with blood of Christ or crackers are the body of Christ, when they just came from the grocery store like everything else. It's all just playing make believe!
2007-10-17 07:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think it would be on a reverse bell curve, with most coming from the ends of the spectrum. I have met and spoken with so many people who grew up in a very strong religious dogma and was their reason for leaving that faith.
2007-10-17 08:51:16 · answer #5 · answered by Jami 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was only raised religious until about age 6. After that, I no longer went to church. And I didn't really think about god(s) much. Education cured me of any lingering theistic tendancies I had.
2007-10-17 07:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think anyone with half a brain who sits here and reads R&S for 5 minutes will become an atheist.
2007-10-17 07:49:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think religious backgrounds make such choices much harder to accept. My family is deeply religious, and I was frightened when I first started questioning faith.
2007-10-17 07:50:01 · answer #8 · answered by Armless Joe, Bipedal Foe 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My mother is a devout Christian...I am Atheist. Wasn't hard to make that choice at all.
2007-10-17 07:49:50 · answer #9 · answered by ms_beehayven 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was because of what i learned about religion that i became agnostic, religion is the worst thing ever invented by man
2007-10-17 07:48:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋