Quick Poll: What was your religion before you became an atheist/agnostic?

Question

A) Fundamentalist, Protestant
B) Fundamentalist, Catholic
C) Catholic, Traditional
D) Catholic, Marginal
E) Evangelical, Protestant
F) Pentecostal/Born Again
G) Judaism
H) Muslim
I) Buddhist
J) Other, please state
K) None of the above

Very interesting answers.

Answer 1

The one that fits most for me is F, only because I'm not clear what you mean by A.

Answer 2

I was raised in a broken family my mum a JW my dad a drunk
I left the JW's when I left home.
I did not want to know about religion after that.
As I have gotten older I have been to many religions
Catholic , church of England , potters church,Baptize ,7Th day Adventists even studied Hindu ,Islam and Buddhism.
I was involved with LDS but a friend high up in that religion told me he when to a big temple in New Zealand (in the early 80's) and he witnessed them bring a dead person back to life. That freaked me out and I could not run fast enough to get away from them.
I have come to the conclusion the JW's are the only true religion or there is no true religion .
I have not fully made up my mind yet
Maybe I am Agnostic ,Atheist or a JW , I just don't really know.

Answer 3

I was baptized as an infant in a Presbyterian church, but we moved and I have no recollection of that church. When I was about eight, my parents became Pentecostals. I never believed any of those silly Sunday school stories, and by nine had begun to think of myself as an atheist. By the time I was twelve, I was a committed atheist and had obtained a legal restraining order prohibiting my father from compelling me to attend his perverted rattlesnake kissing Pentecostal church.

For your poll, the short answer is: F) Pentecostal/Born Again.

Answer 4

I grew up as a non practicing catholic/Lutheran. I didn't know much about the religion or do much but go to church on Christmas. I believe my mother converted to Buddhism when I was young and didn't tell anyone. My father was apathetic about religion. I looked at different ideas throughout my teenage years but never really called myself anything but atheist, then agnostic.

So my answer is K.
The first thing I considered myself was atheist.

Answer 5

J. Deep down I've always been an atheist but my mother attempted to raise me baptist and I became a pagan for awhile trying to make another belief fit me rather than just being myself.

Answer 6

A or E Baptist--- I also attended a Baptist College. It is true that familiarity breeds contempt.

I'm not an atheist, but I don't agree with the limited view of God that most Christians have.

Answer 7

K. I've never had a religion. My mom is a lukewarm protestant but I can't choose A or E from your list because I don't know the difference between them.

Answer 8

Wanna see few of my acquaintances,first i'm going to return and forth to thrissur in kerala then to chennai from there hyderabad then punjab from there Delhi,UP and Bengal after this,i desire to pass to Singapore,Aussie,eire,US and finally Canada,i knw aftr i wont be alive,lol jaan nikaljanga canada me,lol meri deedar dhekne ayega ya nahi,lol tujhe thappad maarne aya ugh! bajgaya aur ek baar marne ke bare me socha tou teri kaan fat jayega:p fir milenge

Answer 9

Was Lutheran, and now an atheist.

I'm not sure of your distinction between Fundamentalist Protestant and Evangelical Protestant. However, Lutherans are protestants. I suppose they are traditional Lutherans.

Answer 10

It was probably K or possibly A. Whats the difference?