Fellow Atheists: Were you always atheists or did you lose faith in your religion?

Answer 1

Me, I was born and raised one, parents are non believers as well.

(Someone it seems can't even tolerate simple facts about people...sad. ie the thumbs down.)

Answer 2

I was never raised to be particularly religious, but I did have a strong belief in a loving God and an afterlife. I lost faith in these beliefs when I realized the obvious fact that my belief in a God or an afterlife is not going to make their existence in the real world the slightest bit more likely. Or rather, I already knew that intellectually, and I lost my faith when I realized that I had been acting as though it did. Without that emotional crutch, I began to investigate things with the intent of finding out what is ACTUALLY true. And so far, the arguments I've found for a god have been pretty flimsy.

Answer 3

I knew from the very begining that I didnt buy into the big lie.
As soon as I was old enough to understand what people were talking about, I knew it was a load of crap. There was never a time that I believed in any of it, and the older I got and the more I saw, not only did I not believe, but I actually got angry about it. There are so many negative things about religion and the way people practice it and try to impose it on others. Its awful.

Answer 4

I went through a number of different religions. Eventually though I found myself no longer having a need to believe in deity. As I was learning more about the world, I found that the notion of deity just didn't fit in with reality, or at best seemed needlessly forced into the equation. This wasn't an overnight thing, though.

Answer 5

Always was, Always will be.

Very secular parents.

I have allot of respect for people who were once religious but managed to break free from religion, it had to have been a difficult experience for most of them. Lot's of family friction involved, plus letting go of such a satisfying illusion must be a tough thing to do.

If I was indoctrinated as a child, I have no clue whether or not I would be an atheist today, I was lucky.

Answer 6

I don't know really. I was young. Maybe 10 or so. As I started to realize that fairy tales weren't real, and I got an education in science, I started to understand that god was not possible. As I got older, what I learned only confirmed that. And now I have a hard time not laughing in a church at the idiotic behavior I see.

Answer 7

i develop right into a Christian for many of my early existence and early teen years. i'm no longer able to pinpoint precisely once I became into an atheist, yet there have been a number of issues that made me question my faith. the biggest ingredient that became me off of it develop into in all probability seeing what share human beings believed the greater youthful earth concept. while the pastor at my church tried to cajole me this concept develop into actual (and that there is no evidence that the universe is billions of years previous), i actually began thinking issues. on the comparable time, I observed that particularly some the arguments that the Christians i develop into in touch with gave against medical theories (like the huge Bang and Evolution) weren't actual. working example, I heard particularly some human beings argue that evolution can't be actual on account that if human beings stepped forward from apes the two shouldn't nevertheless exist. I blindly believed this understanding no longer something approximately evolution, yet once I observed that the thought develop into unquestionably that apes and human beings share a typical ancestor, i found out that distinctive argument against evolution develop into invalid. i found out that medical innovations have been getting twisted to objective to make faith look greater logical. i understand that no longer all Christians try this, yet those i develop into in touch with did. i've got continually held an intense fascination with technology, and that i are starting to be greater technology-minded as i are starting to be older. ultimately, I merely form of grew out of my faith, the comparable way that I grew out of my concept in Santa Claus. I merely could no longer take it heavily anymore.

Answer 8

I never had a religion that I followed. I studied a lot of different religions and decided that:
1.) None of them make any sense
2.) With so many religions out there, how could only one be right?
3.) If there is just one religion that is right, which one is it? Everyone thinks their religion is the right one.... but none of them have any solid evidence proving them without a doubt.

Answer 9

Born into catholicism, nonsense never really made much sense but I officially went along with it until i was 15 or so, then I learned the scam...you are born a piece of crap and there is only once cure, and we have it, and guess what? it ain't free.

Answer 10

Born atheist, raised Catholic, became agnostic, then became atheist once more, loving it ever since, except for a few snags here and there with Christians and other theists.

Answer 11

I'm more Agnostic or whatever the one that wants more proof, but I was baptized when I was a baby, so I guess I started out as a Christian.
I just kind of disliked the idea of going to church.
& recently, the start of Christianity lost any chance of converting me back.
I just learned about it in history class.