Athiests...how did you decide to become that way?

Question

Like were you just raised that way or what part of religion made you change your mind? Im not trying to bash anyone either, I just would like to know.

The people that say they were Catholic before Athiest, is quite intersting. The only athiests I know came from hard-core Catholic families or had to go to Catholic school.

Answer 1

I just realized there was no evidence whatsoever for the existence of God, and the Bible is completely wrong about pretty much everything.

Answer 2

My parents were both more on the non-religious side, not necessarily atheists, they just didn't put to much stock in religion. I was put into a Catholic grade school (I don't know WHAT my parents were thinking). I also was (and still am) an avid reader. Through books, I was introduced to other views. The way religion works, though, is that they get the ideas into your head when you are very young and don't know any better. It is drilled into them from day one and they don't want any other ideas to get into their heads. It is, by very definition, brainwashing. I also read the entire Bible and asked my first grade teacher why there was so much violence in it if Christianity is such a peaceful religion. She told me to stop asking stupid questions.

My reading extended to the point where I understood that even though "the Bible says so," much of what Christianity teaches is false. By age nine, I had made up my mind that I did not believe that God exists. I now have compiled an enormous amount of evidence against the validity of religion, and I am writing a book about it.

Answer 3

I was raised vaguely Catholic. For a few months when I was 8 or 9, I tried realllllly hard to be a good christian, trying to accept Jesus into my heart and all that. But it just never did anything for me emotionally or intellectually. Once I was old enough to say I didn't feel like going to church any more, my parents didn't press the issue, and I just stopped worrying about it. In fact, the only time I think about anything related to religion is when I'm on here, or if it comes up on the radio or something.

Answer 4

Long Answer. See a science book


Faith just isn't for me. I could never satisfied with an answer that requires blind faith. I feel science better explains the Universe over some ghost in the heavens.

Growing up I went to church with family and even a Christian Summer Camp. I learned about the Bible and the work of god but like I said before it just never made sense to me.

So as I got older and learned more I knew I was Atheist. I stood alone in my family until just recently when my younger sister said she was too.

Answer 5

I actually read the bible and studied it and the more I did, I realized that there were too many inconsistencies and errors in it. I sat down thought logically about it and decided that not having a belief was far better than believing in something that seemed made up on the spot by people with short term memory problems.

Answer 6

Genesis 6:7, 17
Exodus 4:23
Exodus 11:7
Leviticus 18:22

Answer 7

I didn't really "decide", actually. It's the only logical conclusion and I had to accept it. I was raised Catholic, by the way.

Answer 8

I didn't decide. I didn't have a choice to believe, my mind could never wrap around the idea of God. I was raised nominally Presbyterian.

Answer 9

When I was little, I used to go to church and everything, but I didn't really believe. Back then I didn't even think about it. Once I did start thinking about it, I decided the idea of god didn't really make sense to me.

Answer 10

I didn't decide to become any way. My choice to not believe in a spirit that knows and sees everything is simply called Atheism.