I've read about some cases on here where some atheists say that after they read the Bible, they became non-believers. To me, it would seem that people that read the Bible and "find flaws" would either want to switch religions or become agnostic. I don't really believe the statement, "I read the Bible and then I became an atheist."
To these atheists: Why was it that you chose atheism immediately after reading the Bible?
Thank you in advance for your responses. :)
2007-12-26 07:04:19 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Great Gazoo -AM-
I am, by no means, pointing fingers or mocking you, but I have read that answer from you before. All I want to know is if that is the only reason. Thank you for your response. :)
2007-12-26 07:30:20 · update #1
I was very young when I first read the Bible. About 12 or 13. When I saw the power that was in the Bible and the lack of power that was in the church, I stopped believing, and continued to not believe for about eight years. At age 21 the Holy Spirit got a hold of me, and I believed again. I now understand that the lack of power in the church is because most Christians don't believe the Bible.
II Tim 3:1-5 has become a reality.
2007-12-26 07:25:50 · answer #1 · answered by Caveman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think their minds were already made up before they read the Bible. As much as atheists proclaim to be "enlightened and open minded" they are some of the most narrow thinking people I've ever encountered. I am not saying that I have all the answers but I don't close my thought process off just because I don't WANT to believe. So what atheists do is read the Bible JUST to try to find flaws. Flaws will be found with EVERY belief, not just Christianity.
2007-12-26 15:13:16 · answer #2 · answered by flinginfeces 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right, after I realised that the bible was an untuth. I still believed in God just not the Bible and certainly not in personal god and prayer. I became a deist for about 20 years.
It was only when I decided totake time out to read and enquire that I realised I had been unable to let go of God because it was a scary thing to do. It still is but I would rather embrace the truth than live a lie.
2007-12-26 15:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by freethinker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started questioning my catholic religion 40 years ago, and spent many years studying all religions to see if I could find any truth of God. Instead I have found many errors in many religions, when put against historical records and archiology of the times. Little statements by historians of the time like one who wrote two lines about Yesua(Jesus) saying "some of his friends claimed that he had survived cruxifiction". This also apears in the Q-uran as "Issa(Jesus) did not die on the cross". and the bible saying that "they took 100lbs of aloes into the tomb" aloes is a healing herd not an embarming herd.
And so it went on, never once proving the existance of God, but proving that all religions are full of fantacy.
I still have an open mind that there may be a God but not as potrayed in any religion..!!
2007-12-26 15:26:06 · answer #4 · answered by Terry M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would I have to become agnostic.
Remember, an atheist does not claim there is no "god". They claim they do not believe in a "god", yours or anybody else's.
But no, I didn't read the bible and immediately become an atheist. It was when I began reading other spiritual garbage, and other holy books, that my atheism became a reality. The bible was just part of all the other "holy" books I was reading.
2007-12-26 15:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's not just the particular problems with the bible itself (although there are quite a few problems). The overall problem is found with ANY "revealed" truth. All religions depend on revealed truth, most of which are held by believers to be mysteries that are beyond human comprehension.
That's just hogwash and horsefeathers. There may be things beyond human comprehension, but that doesn't mean the universe is incomprehensible in principle! We can and should make efforts to understand things, and the moment we do is the moment we no longer need "revealed" truth.
Atheism is harder, and requires more courage, but it's more honest and better.
2007-12-26 15:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't immediate. I read the Bible, then started asking questions. No one could answer the questions, though, without the Bible, so I read it again. Then I looked to science, and found my answers...now I'm an Atheist.
That sounds weird all dumbed down like that.
2007-12-26 15:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I became atheist when I was a child. My aunt tormented me mentally throughout the week, then dutifully went to church every Sunday asking for forgiveness, only to start anew on Monday.
Also, the old ladies in the front row screaming and hollering and passing out because they "received the Holy Spirit." That didn't help either.
2007-12-26 15:18:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually it was reading the bible and biblical interpretation by the church that caused me to leave the church one sunrise Easter Sunday.
I found no other religion "except maybe Buddhism" that was believable.
I have since learned that many earlier religions or myths became mixed in to Christianity which made me doubt it more.
2007-12-26 15:15:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they meant they became atheist to that religion that is allegedly supported by the bible. I am sure they are still open to those religions that are not supported by the bible, until such time they have done enough research into it to determine it is not for them.
2007-12-26 15:17:38 · answer #10 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋