Are there any former athiest out there? If so, What influenced you to become Christian
2007-11-15 15:10:29 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
opps! Thank you for bringing my spelling errors to my attention. I really meant atheists. Excuse me.
2007-11-15 16:08:26 · update #1
There are four main reasons people seek religion.
1. Fear, be it subconcious or very much in their face such as a car accident.
2. It is easier to be religious than non-religious in the US.
3. Brain injuries.
4. A false sense of security.
2007-11-15 15:14:39 · answer #1 · answered by meissen97 6 · 5⤊ 8⤋
That some would cite brain injury as a reason some would believe is evidence of their own irrationally held beliefs. Would they not view it as bigotry if a Christian made the same assertion about them. Do they cite any statistical evidence? Of course not, because it doesn't exist and what is worse is they know it but desperately manufacture myths in an attempt to excuse themself from the responsibility that comes with faith.
2007-11-15 15:27:53 · answer #2 · answered by Edward J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Former Christian, currently Atheist, would never be an athiest though ..... the clan of athiests were killed off by christians with lousy spelling.
2007-11-15 15:25:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
I actually said the sinner's prayer to prove that it was all fake.
But even that tiny bit of submission was enough for God to start working on my heart. I prayed that in the morning and by that after noon, I suddenly started thinking about things in a different light. Suddenly being right all the time didn't matter so much; keeping peace meant more to me, and most important, I started to have HOPE!
HOPE was something so alien to me that it almost hurt my mind to think of it.
I started to hope that God was really there; that He was really interested in me as a person; that I hadn't already screwed up my life so badly at the age of 19 that even He couldn't help me.
I started to believe in Him just out of the hope that He existed, and in time, He proved to me over and over that He really does!
Thank you Jesus for every thing you have done for me in my life! Thank yo so much!
2007-11-15 15:19:22 · answer #4 · answered by Linda J 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
All Christians are former atheists.
We are all born atheist. We are taught religion. Some will sign up on their own.
2007-11-15 15:15:30 · answer #5 · answered by E. F. Hutton 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Goodness, I'd never be dumb enough to go back to all the other dimwits who blindly follow am empty, cold belief.
2007-11-15 15:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by dl9115 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
former-atheists is a myth... which could explain why they like Christianity now
2007-11-15 15:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by I'm an Atheist 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am not sure if I can say that I was quite Atheist. I did not believe in any deity, but I had doubt. And the doubt was always involving that if there was any deity, He would be God of Abraham.
Hunger for His Word. Hunger for more of Jesus brought me to my Lord's arms.
2007-11-15 15:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 5⤊ 4⤋
I was dragged to church until I could see it as a lie...at about 9 years of age. After that, they didn't want to take me because I'd make such a big deal out of it, or get in debates with clergy after the service.
2007-11-15 15:14:55 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 6⤋
Truth
2007-11-15 15:12:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 6⤋