Were you raised not believing in God. Or did you have problems with any religions, which turned you away from your beliefs in God.
2007-12-20 12:05:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am not asking this question to judge anyone. Just trying to understand.
2007-12-20 12:37:46 · update #1
No and no.
Christian parents, never believed the stuff in church. Nice folks there, though.
2007-12-20 12:08:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Quite the opposite, I was raised believing that there was a god, was even an ordained Evangelist. I woke up when I began to study the bible, instead of continuing to believe what I had been taught to think and say. I have no problems with the truth that god only exists in the mind. And those who continue to think that atheists have a "fear" of believing, that's just dumb. If parents would allow their children to make up their own minds about religion and god, I'm sure more would come to the realization that god is not real. So I think those who force religion into other people lives are the ones with the real fear.
2007-12-20 20:16:25 · answer #2 · answered by phree 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ah ! but can you accept the honest answer for the truth it is ? Never mind here I go again . The truth is that i was raised in what was a nominally christian household that is to say average in the US we were Protestants { Methodists } yes we went to church but as children were encouraged to think for ourselves { if you want to make sure your children stay christian this is a mistake } I decided for myself that what the church was spewing at me saying that I was being instructed { read that for brainwashed } made no sense whatsoever and started ditching Sunday " school " as I grew older { and I hope wiser } I found that all knowledge has both good and bad to it so I proceeded to study on my own { this has the added benefit of not having others tell you what you have to believe . This is the main season that I wish that everyone could take a calm and objective look at themselves and their beliefs before trying to force others to accept them a " Gospel " because some of use have put a lot of time study and rational thought into our beliefs and to have someone come along telling us we are somehow wrong or evil because we don't believe the way you do is quite frankly OFFENSIVE AS HELL to us !
2007-12-20 20:13:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, problems really. I went to Sunday school from age 5-13 and went to weekly Bible study classes for awhile in High School. It stopped making sense. I had questions and doubts from the age of nine though I guess. I just wanted to keep believing though to fit in and not have to confront all the implications of what I had been told not being true. I went searching for info. to justify my faith and find answers. The answers I found pointed me the opposite direction. I then admitted to myself it probably was not true and moved on. I still find things in religions that I think are useful ideas and philosophies, I just think they are human ideas not God ideas. I also think there is some bunk in there from the cultural times they were written. Stuff like women can't lead men or teach in religions, birth control is wrong, sexuality outside marriage is always a sin, etc... I have looked at other religions outside Christianity and just find no convincing evidence for their supernatural claims or God either. I really like some Buddhist and eastern philosophies though minus the metaphysical stuff.
2007-12-20 20:19:26 · answer #4 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
God, this has been asked so many times.
Most Atheists were NOT raised in an Atheist household. That is a FACT. Most Atheists were actually once Christians. That is a FACT. Most Atheists simply don't believe in God, or any other deity, because it makes absolutely NO SENSE.
There, honesty.
2007-12-20 20:20:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Non-believer here.
I was raised Christian and desperately tried to believe for over 15 years but it never worked.
I found my faith and true religion when I quit trying to be a Christian and went exploring other religions. I didn't have problems with other religions and wasn't seduced by another religion to turn away from Christianity - I walked away and drifted for a bit and then went researching other religions and found heathenism.
2007-12-20 20:31:57 · answer #6 · answered by Aravah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I searched and found truths. I stopped believing in the unbelievable. To many contradictions that could not be explained To many questions that were not open for answers. I cannot simply believe based on someones telling me I must believe. It is inborn. I need to find answers and truths. When I asked questions and was told it was a mystery or it is not necessary to understand all I had to do was believe the flags went up.
2007-12-20 20:19:28 · answer #7 · answered by Tricia R 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My parents were raised Catholic. They both went to Catholic school and went to church all the time. They gave me the choice of believing in what I wanted..They didn't push anything onto me. I went to church every now n then with my grandparents and family.... I don't think there is any problem with believing in God, it doesnt hurt to even if he doesnt exist. I decided for myself and im more of a scientific type thinker.
2007-12-20 20:13:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was raised Christian.
It wasn't any sort of problem with "religion" in general, or any specific religion.
I just realized as I was growing up that the idea of believing in the existence of magical, invisible, supernatural beings didn't make sense to me.
2007-12-20 20:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by Jess H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was raised by a family who believed in God. We went to church on Sunday, participated in all the normal church type things.
I just never felt that the story was particularly believable. Once I left home at 18, I quit pretending.
2007-12-20 20:10:22 · answer #10 · answered by Dan H 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I honestly feel you could have looked at the answers to the last 500 times this question has been asked.
For the record, I was born atheist. Nothing 'turned me away from my beliefs in god' - though the sheer ridiculousness of it all certainly prevented me from being drawn to it at any stage.
CD
2007-12-20 20:10:48 · answer #11 · answered by Super Atheist 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋