Was it one thing or many things that motivated you?
Which other religion or denomination did you go to? Why?
2007-12-23 13:30:35 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because I realized one day that I was believing in something just for the sake of believing. I'm Agnostic now.
2007-12-23 13:34:33 · answer #1 · answered by Drink a Toast to Never 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
i do no longer prepare Roman Catholicism, and that i disagree with tremendously lots maximum of what the Church teaches, yet technically I nevertheless am Roman Catholic. no longer precisely confident a thank you to head away it, different than being excommunicated or some thing. in keeping with danger the only thank you to truly go away it for specific is by changing to a distinctive faith. yet so some distance i've got not discovered the different faith i might evaluate changing to. :(
2016-10-09 03:08:48 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's full of shxt.
Uhm. I have a good reason.
So I go to catholic school still, right? And the kids in the grade above me have a crazy priest as their religion teacher.
So on their exam, he had this one essay question-
"On 9/11, many people in the upper floors of the world trade centers jumped out the windows instead of waiting inside to be burned to death. These people knew fully well that jumping out the windows was suicide. Was it a sin for them to jump out the windows and commit suicide, and should they have remained inside and been burned alive?"
That's why I'm not catholic anymore. Or how they feel the need to stop me from loving whomever I want to or reading whatever I please, that's why I'm not catholic. I'm not catholic because my reproductive system is my business, and I don't want anyone else to try and control it.
I was polytheist for a while after I gave up on christianity, because I saw paganism as a sort of happy, there-are-really-no-dumb-rules-or-hiearchies-here! sort of thing, but I quickly realised the lies that it all was, and am now a happy and satisfied atheist. XD
2007-12-23 13:48:05 · answer #3 · answered by lonely suburbanite 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Because organized religion has been the root cause of death of millions through out history. (i'll get a good many thumbs down for saying that....even though ITS TRUE)
Because its filled with a slew of arrogant narrowminded fools who refuse to accept responsibility for those past deeds ( unless its centuries later and really doesn’t matter).
Because the Church sermons seem more of a political rally than actually about God
Because I am so SICK of seeing the same old line "do as I say not as I do"
I'd rather stay home and read my Bible and keep my faith than loose my self respect and honor individuals who have none.
2007-12-23 13:49:00 · answer #4 · answered by phule_poet 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think it started because I felt prayers went unanswered. That really just opened me up to question. Over the years, I realize more and more that it just doesn't make sense-Jesus being our savior. I lean toward Buddhism today. But I question supernatural elements of any faith. But I really like the humanity elements of any faith.
2007-12-23 13:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Bodhisattva 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I realized that religion was just a lie about God.
Now I have a close personal relationship with God and I avoid religion like a plague.
Love and blessings Don
2007-12-23 13:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
ex-catholic and Proud...nondenominational instead...spirituality Rocks
2007-12-23 13:44:41 · answer #7 · answered by picmybrain 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Through logic, reason and common sense have shown me that god does not exist.
Also the catholic church is nothing but a bunch of hypocrites
2007-12-23 13:41:06 · answer #8 · answered by Imagine No Religion 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I started reading the bible, I became a born again Christian and I realized that a lot of the Catholic beliefs are more pagan in origin and practice. Also, some of their practices are very unbiblical and contrary to what the bible teaches.
2007-12-23 13:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by sorry sista 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I left Catholicism for the more natural, more reasonable, and more free atheistic perspective I am proud to acknowledge now.
2007-12-23 13:39:23 · answer #10 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mainly that the message didn't ring true in the way that it was presented to me, I am Universalist/ Pagan now... Why? Well, I believe that the great truths of the universe are presented in all of religious thought, but in different ways, some people get it when it's presented one way, someone else understands better when it's presented another way. Pagan beliefs are more in line with my personal out look and relationship with the cosmos..........
2007-12-23 13:36:35 · answer #11 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋