How old were you when you first entertained the notion that maybe God does NOT exist? How did you resolve it?

Answer 1

I was 9 attending catholic parochial school. In religion class, I could not make sense of the dogma they were teaching me. I asked questions, and was sent down to the principal. I researched the answers to my questions at the public library, and found that there are no answers, just speculations.

I stopped believing when the preponderance of my unanswered questions had no answers.

Answer 2

Ten. then I said that God was a crock, and quit. But I was never hostile to the idea of God, it was just irrelevant. Nonexistent things are irrelevant to me. So I never gave him too much thought except when someone asked me why I didn't believe in God.

When I was 15, I was in a desolate place in my life. I was miserable, and felt something missing from me, so my little brother encouraged me to go back to church. I figured what the hell, its not like I have anything better to do. It was a tough process, and took a lot of investigating, but I realized that I was wrong. So I found the brand of God I could live with worshiping, and I did. I know I didn't have to, but I think if there is a God, I should worship him/her/it.

Ah, there is so much more to this story, but I'll refrain. That's not what you asked for. Send me an e-mail if you want to hear the rest.

Answer 3

I am not sure how old I was exactly but I grew up in a house where religion was pretty much non existent. At maybe 6 or so my mom decided she should expose me to religion so I could form my own opinions. So off we went to Sunday school for me and church for her.

I remember sitting among strangers and as the day went on and we were taught from the I bible and about god. I recall thinking "this is ridiculous, does anyone believe this." Of all things the one day I was there they taught us about Noah and his flood, perhaps not the best story to convince someone of god's great love for us.

While I didn't know it I guess I have been an atheist all of my life, or at least as long as I have been able to understand the concept. I met my mom outside after church and she asked me how I liked it, I told her I hated it and did not wish to return. I remember she smiled and we never went back.

Answer 4

You all have a culture that interferes with your growth into knowledge of your existence in perpetual motion. The problem is I did not first have any notion about 'a god'. I knew what the order of my existence was naturally. Do I call this state 'god'? I don't understand the confusions of your way...sorry! But I know where you got it from and why...all fools day pompompom...

Answer 5

Probably in about the 7th grade.

I continued to believe at that time, but as I got older I questioned more.

I became an atheist for a little while later on but then concluded that my experiences give me enough reason to suspect that the Gods might actually exist. I'm well aware that there is no concrete proof and that I could be wrong, but in my decision-making, the balance is tipped towards belief.

Answer 6

18, there really isnt one.No being with that much power would do nothing to solve the problems of this world. People use god to hide the fact that they hate our frail mortality, the promise of something better after this keeps them in churches. Truth is there was a point in human evolution when we couldnt understand one another let alone read and write. So these men and women died and theyre bodies decayed,, what happened to them?They couldnt comprehend god, so did they goto hell? If god exists why does he recruit?Why arent people just born with an understanding of him?Why do you have to get sold at your front door or at the mall?Why doess AA have their first rule as accepting god?Why do you have to fear him?Its garbage, we are going to die some day, your existence will end there is nothing after this, you wil live on through your accomplishments and your children.

Answer 7

During my first church service, age 4 or 5. Nothing made sense. Sunday school made it worse, where I found questioning the paranormal aspects resulted in frowns or anger. I never had thought about it before because it was a vague concept. Since religion was not big in the home during the week, dinner table talk was more about the space race, cold war, books, school and whatever creature I'd just caught in the Louisiana swamps. I never told my parents I didn't believe, said Grace and went through the motions until I moved out.

Answer 8

Little green adult men by potential of a few distance. Why? by fact we already be attentive to existence is conceivable interior the universe in view that we are right here. we've discovered over 200 planets outdoors our image voltaic device. the opportunities are purely plenty in choose of it that purely a fool might think of extraterrestrial beings do no longer exist. on the different hand, there's no info that God exists.

Answer 9

Hmm....
ok this is kind of a hard one; let me think;
I wondered where "God" was when I was 4 years old;
never knew my dad and was abused almost constantly,
regardless of praying EVERY NIGHT for things to be better- and asking what I'd done to deserve it.

After a few more years of that, and than the abuse itself ceasing because I stood up for myself....but in doing so became aware of how many problems other people had too; it just became obvious.
Probably b/w 6 and 8..

Blessed be ♥.

Answer 10

i was 14 years old, i am now 18 and i still believe god doesn't exist. probably i had never really believed in his existence because before i believed only for tradition more or less but then i started to think with my own mind and the solution that god doesn't exist is the one that makes more sense