What was the hardest thing to accept when you decided to believe that God is imaginary?
What was the biggest problem that you had when deciding to become an Atheist?
You know what I mean...
2007-12-23 05:49:53 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, it's not 'realized' really, it's our CHOICE to make...and some would prefer to kill others or even to die being faithful instead of accepting facts and DECIDE =]
Everyday.
2007-12-23 06:00:09 · update #1
Oh yeah, they DECIDED to kill and die, my bad =p
2007-12-23 06:01:41 · update #2
The hardest thing of all was realizing that I wasn't holding on to a belief in God. I was holding on to a fear of not believing. As soon as I identified that, I was able to reconcile it. Knowing that emotion (fear) is irrational, I just let go. :)
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2007-12-23 05:54:13 · answer #1 · answered by Trina™ 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
When I was a small child I was surrounded by books. There were low bookshelves in our house and anything I could reach was fair game. Bibles and mythologies were on the same shelves as Dickens and Dictionaries.
I was into Encyclopedia before I was into school.
I took the bible in the same light as everything else.
Maybe as a result of this I never accepted the Bible as literally true, never even accepted it as accurate, and always classed the stories as mythology.
Hearing preachers on special occasions and occasionally in Church did not make any of it more believable.
There was no decision to "believe" god was imaginary. That much was obvious just from the way the descriptions of him change in the bible. Nor was there any "decision" to become an atheist. I never had the religious baggage to get rid of.
2007-12-23 06:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by Buke 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My answer is similar to Prirate AM. The biggest problem I had was realizing I was lied to. I've done my research. I've read the bible growing up and as an adult. When I couldn't find any understandable evidence, I sought elsewhere and the information I found was very disturbing. I was actually quite angry at first. When I relaxed, I realized man did this to himself/herself and will continue for a long time until we all wake up and start to question more. To find out the actual truth because what we've been taught is not plausible evidence and it's just not enough anymore.
2007-12-23 06:41:35 · answer #3 · answered by Maureen B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hardest thing for me to accept is that I had been lied to, albeit not intentionally, by many people that I respected. So often I heard in church that "there is more proof for Jesus than Caesar", "the second law of thermodynamics...", "Archeology complete supports the Bible" etc... But objectively examining these claims and many others shows that they are not true statements.
The other thing that was hard to let go of, was prayer. I was in the habit of talking to god about everything including issues I was having with belief. Strange that a being concerned with my belief would do nothing to bolster it.
2007-12-23 05:59:31 · answer #4 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Where do I even begin...
The hate, bigotry, hypocrisy and greed promoted by the church were big contributers. That and the fact that I was doomed to spend eternity in a lake of fire because G-d loved me was a good jumping off point. After that; education, reason and logic kicked in and finished off what was started.
2007-12-23 05:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by Marvin -Retired- 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
To accept: The belief that a endlessly loving God would send me to everlasting torment just for believing.
Problem: Where does morality come from and the Anthropic Principle. Both easily solved in one of those "duh" moments.
Me thinks I might have read your question wrong, oh well.
2007-12-23 05:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by Lynus 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it was accepting that I and my entire family had believed such nonsense for so long. It was an easy transition as far as beliefs went, but I'm irrationally ashamed that it took me so long to notice that I was living a fantasy.
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2007-12-23 05:58:14 · answer #7 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You are so rude. There is no "deciding to believe that god is imaginary" there is "realizing fairy tales aren't real".
I didn't have a problem because I didn't "decide to become atheist", I just drifted away from the fairies. Last I looked its called "growing up".
2007-12-23 06:00:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 4⤋
Disagree!!! The purity of God's word is worth fighting for. Satan offers 'Christians a test presently (in a Bible); whether man accepts (True) it or rejects (False) it is another story. The scriptural old testament is the law of Moses not Genesis-Malachi.
2007-12-23 06:08:46 · answer #9 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Accepting complete oblivion upon death wasn't very easy.
2007-12-23 05:53:35 · answer #10 · answered by ǝɔnɐs ǝɯosǝʍɐ Lazarus'd- DEI 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋