Did you change your religious views during your life?

[DrTrevelyan]

I'm an agnostic, but I was raised catholic until my parents gave me the choice to stop going to church. I got very frustrated with organized religion very early on because I would get chided for asking basic questions about the metaphysics of christian beliefs. telling a kid that he's stupid and blasphemous for his curiosity is not a great way to ingratiate a neophyte into a faith.

 

[Tdc2182]

Quite to the contrary, I have read it several times, I was at one point a devout Christian.

EDIT: So do you just ignore the old testament?

Negative, I am no longer christian. I have decided my own beliefs. I was pointing out that you should not openly insult the releigion. You have been here long enough to know that gets people angry. Like I said, no one can interpret the original languages, so we have no idea how close we are to true christianity. And considering how many times the church was corrupted... Plus, people assume that God means good. There is a great chance he is a kid with a magnifying glass. So therefore, You are forced to like him to earn a place in heaven. Assuming it is a real faith, You are kind of forced to give in.

But I don't believe God is like that.
I don't want to start an open flame war here, so when you respond, let's keep it civil. I've had to much religious drama on this site.

 

[Iskenator67]

I went from one the fence it straight atheist.

"When a man ceases to believe in God, He does not believe in nothing. He believes in everything." -G.K. Chesterton

 

[Tears of Blood]

I'm not part of a religon but im not an atheist, I beleive there is something out there bigger than myself but i really don't beleive any religon is right or wrong.

I think that's being agnostic.

Not quite.

It makes you an agnostic theist.

Anyway, I'm a atheist now. I didn't used to be when I was a child. I couldn't think for myself, so when my parents told me about god it was like believing in Santa Clause.

 

[Joos]

My perspective on life, here, now and why are constantly being re-evaluated and developed.

 

[shannon.archer]

I looked into buddhism for a while but now i havent found anything i really believe in so i don't bother with religion.

 

[Prideful Heretic]

I was raised Baptist..Southern Baptist..But as I've gotten older I've changed into a Religous "Smartass" and have adopted Agnostic Theism as my "Religion"

 

[KenzS]

Yes, several times. I'm a Realist now, and I'm staying that way until the second coming of Christ, therefore FOREVER.

 

[Beartrucci]

nope.. although i was forced to go to church until i was banned a year ago. (i yelled at the band to play freebird)

Why would you get kicked out of a church for that?

I live in a Greek Orthodox family, I'm kinda 50/50 with it and my Dad has even said that he wants to raise us to be religious but let us choose when we get older.

 

[AWC Viper]

nope.. although i was forced to go to church until i was banned a year ago. (i yelled at the band to play freebird)

Why would you get kicked out of a church for that?

Because as they said "you have Disrupted a Holy moment Between the parishioner's and God, Also for Yelling at the Band to play "Freebird" is Frowned upon.

 

[Beartrucci]

nope.. although i was forced to go to church until i was banned a year ago. (i yelled at the band to play freebird)

Why would you get kicked out of a church for that?

Because as they said "you have Disrupted a Holy moment Between the parishioner's and God, Also for Yelling at the Band to play "Freebird" is Frowned upon.

It would of been quite hilarious to see that.

 

[Tdc2182]

Quite to the contrary, I have read it several times, I was at one point a devout Christian.

EDIT: So do you just ignore the old testament?

Negative, I am no longer christian. I have decided my own beliefs. I was pointing out that you should not openly insult the releigion. You have been here long enough to know that gets people angry. Like I said, no one can interpret the original languages, so we have no idea how close we are to true christianity. And considering how many times the church was corrupted... Plus, people assume that God means good. There is a great chance he is a kid with a magnifying glass. So therefore, You are forced to like him to earn a place in heaven. Assuming it is a real faith, You are kind of forced to give in.

But I don't believe God is like that.
I don't want to start an open flame war here, so when you respond, let's keep it civil. I've had to much religious drama on this site.

Fact remains though, the Abrahamic god is a terribly evil, vengeful guy.

Thats what you belive but not me. Neither of us is gonna change our opinions.

 

[CoziestPigeon]

Was Lutheran, baptized that way. Then I started to think, and now I'm agnostic.

 

[quiet_samurai]

Oh yes, I went to Catholic school as a kid and went to church every Friday in the morning. Life and learning made me realize I no longer believed in the Catholic faith. Now I'm kind of a Buddhist, a very fatalistic one at that.

 

[MrSnugglesworth]

Yes. Not much to say after that, really...

 

[SendMeNoodz84]

Nope. I've been an atheist as far back as I can remember. Neither of my parents are religious, so I never got any religious beliefs pressed on me by them. Oh, my primary school tried, with their mandatory assemblies with hymns and prayers. But they failed.

[small]Thank God.[/small]

Nice use of irony there.

Never have been religous, never will be.

 

[Tdc2182]

The proof is in the Bible, and the only thing the Bible is, is an authority on is Christianity

The proof is all around us, we're all just to stubborn to see it.