I need help, Atheists!?

Question

Well I assuem many of the Atheist grew up in some sort of
God(s) beliving home. When your faith was diminshing, how did you deal with it. I need a sincere answer.

Francine...I'm not christian.

Answer 1

I never felt like there was anything I needed to deal with. It just became more and more obvious to me that god(s) were myths. It happened gradually, I just came to understand that it made no sense to worship god(s) for which there is no evidence.

Ask questions. Talk to believers and non-believers. Read up on the history of religions.

And a note to "CHRISTIAN WARRIOR": your behavior is incredibly unChrist-like.

Answer 2

I began reading books by people like Henk Hennegraf, and Lee Strobel. I found the arguments pathetically weak, so I started reading up on the history of the church, and that was pretty much the end of that. At that point, I was convinced I had been raised in an elaborate lie. Further research has reinforced that conclusion.

Emotionally, it was hard, and even after what if probably about 5 or 6 years now, I still consider myself recovering rather than recovered, but most of the way there.

Answer 3

First of all, what do you consider faith? The problem is the narrow minded belief that just because we are skeptical about a deity and against "Religious Beliefs" we don't have faith.I have faith in the human race, I have faith in nature. I have faith in myself and my children. I didn't lose my Faith, I lost credence on a mythical character. I lost interest in following a set of traditions based on fantasy and deception. I dealt like I do with everything in life. I weight the importance, measure the consequences, apply common sense and follow natural actions without harming others. Life owes me nothing, I owe nothing to life.

Answer 4

I did grow up in a tolerant theistic home. I was taught theistic concepts. So, when I was a boy I did believe in God. But I was born a skeptic. I never completely swallowed religions' supernatural concepts and strange rituals.

Eventually I turned agnostic, then (weak) atheist, then strong atheist. I was dealing with my diminishing faith without stress at all. I was in control and feeling completely enlightened by my reasoning based on science. I am happier now that I know what works for my inner peace. My family respects my choice. They love me just the same and I love them to death.

Answer 5

If your atheist..you didn't grow u in any god(s) believing home......its just the way you are. None the less if your that religious go back to it, if you dont feel it then move on....as for the dude who wrote burn blah blah blah that sure wasn't very CHRISTIAN now was it??? Anyways weather you believe in a god or not its all up to you . Maybe there is a god maybe there isnt however have you seen him, anyone do spirits talk to you at night, at lunch, during the day?? There is much more in life to fret and worry about rather then religion maybe you just need to find a hobby or find a life or something. Apparently your parents pushed you into religion when you were younger??? maybe your old enough to figure out what you want to be how you want to think and what you want to believe do a little soul searching and figure out what YOU want. Its really not something that we can help with just suggestions and ideas which i must add some are not so nice and i think others just wrote to get a point or two. Good luck in finding yourself and figuring out if you have a god or not

Answer 6

When it came to religion, My parents neither encouraged or discouraged religion. I would go to church with friends. And my Aunt was religious, and I spent many summers at her house. Had a cousin that was my age. So prayer before dinner. Church on Sunday. Went to a Christian camp for 3 years. My dad was no problem. (Agnostic) My aunt asked if I had found Jesus yet once. I think I said something to the affect that we had an "agreement". She still sends me some e-mails that I would just like to tell her my "opinion". And her Christmas greetings are very Christian. It's all about Jesus. That doesn't bother me, that's her religion. And my husbands family is Catholic. I've been to their mothers funeral and Mass. One sister in law said she would pray for me when she found out. Whatever. she never mention again and we still have a very good relationships.
As to diminishing faith, through it all, I found religion very contrived. Made up? Saw the speaking in tongues. No impression on me. Down south where they would go to church and then straight home to watch wrestling and drink beer. My diminishing faith wasn't a problem. It felt right. That religion at least wasn't the answer. But I thought there was a god but I really didn't think about. Later when I got older, something my husband said, made me think about it again and I realized that I didn't have a belief in god.

Answer 7

I wish I could help you, but in my case yopur base assumption is wrong. I grew up never believing. My Sister might qualify as a believer, but it would be a mich more stoicism falvoured believe. None of my brothers would count as believers but a couple of their wives definitely do.

I guess the only thing that really stick in my mind about religious instruction when I was a small child is one Aunt.
She questioned me for quite a while one evening.
She was trying to get me to say God exists.
She thought she had it when I admitted that a "Higher Power" might exist.
My Grandma broke out laughing when I explained to my aunt right after I agreed with her about a higher power that such a creature would be meaningless if it did exist.
Unlike Santa.

Answer 8

I personally have never believed in god even though I was raised to be Catholic. I had always doubted and I wanted to believe for the sake of my family. One day I had a chance to sit and think about how I was lying to myself be saying there was a god when in my heart I knew that there wasn't. I knew that the deceit kept me from knowing who I was and letting my family get to know me. I decided to be forthcoming with my feelings and I decided that the true test was in myself for my commitment to my feelings. It was also a test of those I loved to see how they would react to my atheism. I lost some friends when I walked away from the church, but I accepted that they didn't love me the way I knew I deserved.

I can't tell you how to feel, just take the time to be by yourself and see how you feel. Ask yourself important questions about why you have your doubts, but be certain that whatever path you take is the one you want to take.

I will ring your doorbell and run away!!!

Answer 9

Your assumption goes entirely too far... Simply growing up in a household where others believe in the existence of a deity(s) does not mean everyone in the household believes...

That being stated you will see that not all Atheists have dealt with diminishing faith as many never believed in the first place...

Answer 10

It was hard for a little while because I struggled with being the odd one out. I thought something was wrong with me because I never felt that god was listening to me. I overcame it at 12 and never really discussed it with anyone until I became an adult. I knew that it was ok to not to believe in god but I also knew that the majority of people would look down on me for it. I kept it to myself to avoid being made fun of and persecuted.