is there any ex-Christians here who, after reading the Bible from cover to cover, became a non-believer?

Question

just curious, because I can't believe that anyone would remain a Christian after reading it.

Answer 1

*Raises hand*

But the real kicker for me was, my sister got raped. When seeking help for her distress from our "Loving" baptist church she was told repeatedly,"If you ask god he will forgive you for this."

So, in essence she was raped a second time by the "Loving" baptist church.

Twas my last straw.

Answer 2

I have read the Bible from Cover to cover and it did make me a non believer in the lack of will power, the hypocrisy and the general dysfunctionality of the modern church. Blind faith is no way to go, and hate is no way to show love.

The Bible in it self has many lessons that when taken to heart could make you a better person. There are bad parts in it as well, but consider that there are bad parts to humanity as a whole, people do horrible things. The history's told in the Old Testament are a testimony to that, and they may have thought that they had Gods backing or disapproval but really all that was written from there mindsets which says...were starving because God hates us, or we killed them because God said so, and honestly I dont think thats true. They were starving because a damn volcano destroyed the soil so nothing could grow and they killed them because they were pissed and wanted revenge, or because that's what war does. The messages are more important then the details, and the messages are the same thing that we learn in every day life. You cant have it all, sometimes thing are crappy, Stick to what you believe and really believe it and you'll be happy, hoes can change, sometimes you get pissed, sometimes good people die and bad people live, sheep are nice and manna is nasty.

The end.

Answer 3

For me, reading the christian bible from cover to cover was the last step in the process. In fact, I read it to see if there was anything in it that would change what I'd already come to believe. There wasn't.
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Answer 4

I've read several different translations, and the apocrypha and several other books. I was Christian for 30 years, now I'm Pagan. Not only from studying the Bible, but other books and seeing how most Christians act and behave.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I took Bible classes all through high school. By grade ten I had basically realized it's a bunch of nonsense. I kept quiet, though, and continued the classes.

What I'd like to know is, how can adults believe that stuff? A prime example: Jesus rose into the sky and became a god. C'mon people.

Answer 7

*raises hand*

I was sent to church-run pariochal schools until 10th grade. I was eventually expelled because they didn't like me asking questions. The questions that I did ask, no one had answers for because it was supposed to be blindly believed to be either true or false, depending on what it was. Even in grade school, I had a hard time believing the Bible to be true but I did like the stories from a fiction standpoint.

Answer 8

I did. Cover to cover. Several translations. That's really all it took to realize the Bible was a lie. I mean really, four gospels, four versions of how Jesus was found in the tomb? It's a lie.

Answer 9

Yes. The initial point was the idea that a man who would offer up his daughters to be gang-raped is "righteous" in the eyes of God. Add into that the whole plague situation, with God hardening pharoah's heart so that he wouldn't let the hebrews go even though he would have otherwise, and then culminating in the murder of innocent children.

I have no desire to follow a god of war and death.

Answer 10

Well, the problem is: You will not be able to understand the Bible with out being a spirit filled person. The Bible was written in Parables. When you see a scripture say something like "A beast with ten horns" it does not mean an actual "Beast". Its talking about ten nations. The Bible was written so that only those who have a desire to serve God, can understand it. Of all the intelligence in the world and universe, nothing can outsmart the Almighty God.

Answer 11

I started an agnostic. I love the Bible, turned Christian. I have read it many times. I am sorry you can't find in truth and beauty in it.