do ex catholics make the best atheists?

Question

Most of the atheists I know are ex catholic and are very fundamentalist (except for one ex jehovah, a jew, and a gay ex muslim) What is it about catholisism that make us ex altar boys into fully commited atheists? (ps I welcome all converts to atheism from any faith)

child of god, no they don't.

christ be with you, stick the invite, I hate christianity more than I hate Liverpool football club

Ahley nicole, you are such an ****. I wasn't going to reply to you but you really are such an **** I had to. Atheists don't, I repeat DONT believe in god or a god. Geddit?

Answer 1

What would a 'best atheist' be? Either you believe and you're a theist or you don't and you're not...

Since every person begins life as a non-theist I suppose you could say atheists make the best everything.

Answer 2

i think that as humans we naturally 'think'. We want to ratioanlise everything around us, to explain it all. We want to know why the stars twinkle and why people do bad things. As time goes on more and more evidence is put infront of us like the light waves from the stars, or the correlation between poverty and crime, and than we think 'ah, now i undestand!'.

I think that Catholisism does not allow us to pursue our natural urges, but as said time goes on and we are bombarded with more rational explanations of everything. Some of us will have such blind faith we will stay locked into the strict mantra of Catholisism and reject all the evidence as just 'WRONG' whilst others will fully reject it and not belive it at all

That was a really long way of saying that catholisism is too strict - so you either are fully one, or not at all 0- theres no in bewtween like you would get with more liberal christianity that you could think 'actually a man marrying a man is not too bad' and not be worried to burn in hell.

I think religion is inherrintly morally wrong for these reasons - and im so glad im an athiest - i feel free to think as i like. A freedom most religious people could never understand.

Ahhhhh the air is so sweet at that thought.

Answer 3

I have noticed this phenomenon as well. I am atheist and went to Catholic school for 8 years. The guy in the office next to me has the same tale to tell.

I am in no way anti-catholic. I have found most of the clergy to be some of the most benevolent, content, and caring people on earth.

I think it's because Catholicism has a strong tradition of scholarship and study. In that atmosphere, if you think about the existance of gods every day, you start to see that it is not true.

I know there is a stereotype of Christians being ant-science. However, Catholics invented most of the western science traditions.

Answer 4

I am an atheist, married to a Catholic and the Priest came to our house and answered alot of questions. He let me know as expected that the bible is pretty much just interpretations, none of the writings done for generations after Jesus, Genesis where God rested the 7th day was made up years later by Hebrews to find a day of the week people could go to church, etc. He also said the bible caught on because it was at the invention of the printing press and easily accessible. Religion is all made up. Once you realize the fact that the bible is a hoax and then listen to people you are almost embarrassed for them. I dont see how anyone with any sense of reality can actually believe any of it. It is also amazing to me I find how little christians know about the bible. I study it because I find it fascinating that a book so poorly written and so obviously written by multiple authors from different areas of the world is looked upon as truth. Can anyone read the bible and believe it? Amazing to me. But I suppose talking donkeys and serpents makes sense to some people.

Answer 5

As a "recovering Catholic" myself, I kind of think that Catholics tend to be more disillusioned with their church than people of many other faiths. It seems that more scandals rock the Catholic church than any other, and as a result, more people end up questioning the teachings of the church. But that's just a theory. I never read or conducted a poll of atheists to find out what their faiths were prior to becoming atheists. It would be interesting to see if most atheists are, in fact, former Catholics.

Answer 6

I no longer practice the Catholic Faith, but I'm not an atheist. I still very firmly believe in God. I dont belong to any particular religion. It does not automatically follow that if you used to be a Catholic, you become an avowed atheist. I have 4 children and one of them has been an atheist since she was 16. That's up to her. I think, as long as you dont harm anyone, you can either believe or not believe in God.

Answer 7

There are many ex-Catholics out there who are not atheists. They are very spiritual, just no longer religious. They understand that the best path to God is a direct one. They know that the rules of religion are man-made and man-enforced. They know that a loving God would never be jealous, bitter, or vengeful and would not have such silly, petty rules. This is why they are ex-Catholics. They recognized that this organization is petty, repressed and controlling. God created us to be joyful and adventurous, not guilt-ridden and fearful.

Seek God - not religion. It matters not whether you believe in him. He believes in you and you will know this the day that you leave this life.

Answer 8

I've found that Catholics tend to carry over a lot more stuff if they lapse than Protestants do. This is good in some ways, not in others. It means they think things through, have a strong sense of values and want a "confessor", all of which work to their advantage.

Answer 9

No they don't, but ex catholics often make very good Christians.
And I am a Liverpool supporter and don't hate any club, not even Man U.

Answer 10

I think it's because catholicism turns people into athiests. I went to catholic school from 1st-8th grade. I think it's because while they tend to give you a better education than public school does, they shoot themselves in the foot because that education opens your eyes to the fact that religion is full of holes and that science makes more sense. Also, you learn a lot about the bible and that gives you a lot of knowledge about why religion is bs in general. Catholicism is very fundamentalist as well, so that kind of turns you off to religion early on, thus destroying the brainwashing foundations before it is too late.

Answer 11

I was born and raised an atheist. I never knew any gods, or have seen proof of any.

I think the best people are the best people. I don't believe in groups or silly labels. Specially when the question is about if somebody's former label makes him a good member of his new label, it gets rather silly to me.