Question to Godless Heathens: What Made You Become Atheist?

[Genivaria]

I read the bible.

[Ifreann]

Realising that I never really did believe in God in any meaningful way, and carrying on from there.

[Ende]

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[Free Soviets]

I read the bible.

I was raised up in a religious conservative family.

Then I hit 14 and realized that I had never really felt God. Or "talked" or "had a relationship" with him, and that I had never actually been a very strong Christian. I still held on, believing that I was just doubting or whatever.

Then I read the Bible.

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

[Social Republic of Trolls]

I became an atheist when I was 10 years old coz I asked myself a few question:
- Where does the God comes from?
- If he exists then why he doesn't intervenes when someone tries to kill the other one?
Actually the second one made me atheist.

[Naughtania]

I never really believed in religion. Though my parents took us to the local catholic nuthouse church, the only thing I connected with was the more upbeat songs. Then when I got older (ie teenaged) I just didn't give a shit.

[Genivaria]

I read the bible.

I was raised up in a religious conservative family.

Then I hit 14 and realized that I had never really felt God. Or "talked" or "had a relationship" with him, and that I had never actually been a very strong Christian. I still held on, believing that I was just doubting or whatever.

Then I read the Bible.

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

I became a Deist after I gave up the bible. I wasn't LOOKING for a religion, I was looking for the truth.
Thats how I became a Deist and eventually an Atheist. It helps that I was already pre-disposed towards logic and evidence.

[Ifreann]

I read the bible.

I was raised up in a religious conservative family.

Then I hit 14 and realized that I had never really felt God. Or "talked" or "had a relationship" with him, and that I had never actually been a very strong Christian. I still held on, believing that I was just doubting or whatever.

Then I read the Bible.

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

All religion are Christianity.

[Ende]

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[Genivaria]

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

It didn't. I'm a deist, not an atheist. But they're very similar.

I'm a former deist.

[Copenhagen Metropolis]

As everyone else, I was born an atheist - and I was never converted.

[Republic Of Hell]

I pray for your souls.

[Djang]

I've never believed in god, really. I saw the logical fallacies in the idea of "God" from an early age, I enjoy learning about religions and the way that they handle moral and ethical issues but I haven't bought into it. I am not condescending towards theists, though, everyone should be able to have their own religious beliefs without condemnation; it's just when they try to force it others it's a problem. There's also the issue of terrorism and war provoked by religion, but that is an issue for another topic.

[Genivaria]

I pray for your souls.

Take your condescending drivel elsewhere.

[Strathy]

I did not become Athiest, one can not, by simple definition of the word athiest, 'learn' athiesm. We are born athiest, each and everyone of us. We are born without the belief in a god or religion or any particulat belief system. Religion, infact is the thing that must be taught to the child, a specific belief that must be passed on by the parents. It is the parents who chose the religion, who chose to indoctrinate their child with it. Or in other cases, it is picked up in later life. But the fact remains, one must learn religion, whereas one is born an athiest.
I, personally, was born into an athiest family and as such was never taught religion, instead I stayed as I was born and as nature intended, an athiest.

[Naughtania]

I pray for your souls.

Stop trolling, unless you have something constructive to say. Pray for us if you want, but we don't want to know.

[Naughtania]

I did not become Athiest, one can not, by simple definition of the word athiest, 'learn' athiesm. We are born athiest, each and everyone of us. We are born without the belief in a god or religion or any particulat belief system. Religion, infact is the thing that must be taught to the child, a specific belief that must be passed on by the parents. It is the parents who chose the religion, who chose to indoctrinate their child with it. Or in other cases, it is picked up in later life. But the fact remains, one must learn religion, whereas one is born an athiest.
I, personally, was born into an athiest family and as such was never taught religion, instead I stayed as I was born and as nature intended, an athiest.

Interesting point, though. Some studies have suggested that people are predisposed to invent a god. I suspect this is the result of bias, though.

[Ifreann]

I pray for your souls.

I'm sure that if your God is real, He can quite easily tell between a sincere concern for the location of our Eternal Retirement Home and a patronising dismissal of people who don't agree with you.

[Urusial]

I was originally brought up as a Jehovah Witness until I guess around my 5th Grade year in school. My parents left the faith and never really endorsed another so I never was in contact with any other faith. I have started a search for faith now and I am on a weird threshold to converting to Islam. I think I kind of considered myself an atheist, but it always came down to this for me. No matter what deep major things that science "uncovers" it is always theoretical. Which in my mind is just religion, its like saying we are pretty sure its right, but we don't have proof. No different than religion in my mind, and then looking at the world around me and seeing how it follows rules, like mathematics and physics. I came to understand that it makes just as much sense that the universe should follow no rules whatsoever. That's when I decided to look into religion, and no matter how illogical religion it may have seemed it made more sense to me. I find it illogical to believe, yes I used the word believe, in what scientist theoretically submit to the world.

[Genivaria]

I did not become Athiest, one can not, by simple definition of the word athiest, 'learn' athiesm. We are born athiest, each and everyone of us. We are born without the belief in a god or religion or any particulat belief system. Religion, infact is the thing that must be taught to the child, a specific belief that must be passed on by the parents. It is the parents who chose the religion, who chose to indoctrinate their child with it. Or in other cases, it is picked up in later life. But the fact remains, one must learn religion, whereas one is born an athiest.
I, personally, was born into an athiest family and as such was never taught religion, instead I stayed as I was born and as nature intended, an athiest.

Interesting point, though. Some studies have suggested that people are predisposed to invent a god. I suspect this is the result of bias, though.

It might have something to do with a need to feel like your a part of something. But thats no different then joining the military.
Give someone a uniform, a title, and a fancy badge and it would be the same thing.

[Naughtania]

I was originally brought up as a Jehovah Witness until I guess around my 5th Grade year in school. My parents left the faith and never really endorsed another so I never was in contact with any other faith. I have started a search for faith now and I am on a weird threshold to converting to Islam. I think I kind of considered myself an atheist, but it always came down to this for me. No matter what deep major things that science "uncovers" it is always theoretical. Which in my mind is just religion, its like saying we are pretty sure its right, but we don't have proof. No different than religion in my mind, and then looking at the world around me and seeing how it follows rules, like mathematics and physics. I came to understand that it makes just as much sense that the universe should follow no rules whatsoever. That's when I decided to look into religion, and no matter how illogical religion it may have seemed it made more sense to me. I find it illogical to believe, yes I used the word believe, in what scientist theoretically submit to the world.

Why are you searching for a religion?

[Copenhagen Metropolis]

I read the bible.

I was raised up in a religious conservative family.

Then I hit 14 and realized that I had never really felt God. Or "talked" or "had a relationship" with him, and that I had never actually been a very strong Christian. I still held on, believing that I was just doubting or whatever.

Then I read the Bible.

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

In relevance to the OP's question; How is it relevant?

He was born an atheist. Then he was converted to Christianity, becoming a theist. Then he read the Christian Bible and stopped believing in the Christian God, thus becoming an atheist once again.

[Genivaria]

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

In relevance to the OP's question; How is it relevant?

He was born an atheist. Then he was converted to Christianity, becoming a theist. Then he read the Christian Bible and stopped believing in the Christian God, thus becoming an atheist once again.

You skipped my brief stint of Deism before I became an Atheist.

[Urusial]

I was originally brought up as a Jehovah Witness until I guess around my 5th Grade year in school. My parents left the faith and never really endorsed another so I never was in contact with any other faith. I have started a search for faith now and I am on a weird threshold to converting to Islam. I think I kind of considered myself an atheist, but it always came down to this for me. No matter what deep major things that science "uncovers" it is always theoretical. Which in my mind is just religion, its like saying we are pretty sure its right, but we don't have proof. No different than religion in my mind, and then looking at the world around me and seeing how it follows rules, like mathematics and physics. I came to understand that it makes just as much sense that the universe should follow no rules whatsoever. That's when I decided to look into religion, and no matter how illogical religion it may have seemed it made more sense to me. I find it illogical to believe, yes I used the word believe, in what scientist theoretically submit to the world.

Why are you searching for a religion?

Because science is no more than religion, its just theoretical except for the few things we know as concrete. I can't explain to you why I am moving on the path that I am, it's just a feeling I know that is right.

[Ifreann]

same question i asked the OP. why didn't you give reconstructed hellenismos a try? or shinto? how did the bible make you dismiss all the other options?

In relevance to the OP's question; How is it relevant?

He was born an atheist. Then he was converted to Christianity, becoming a theist. Then he read the Christian Bible and stopped believing in the Christian God, thus becoming an atheist once again.

Objecting to some parts of one of the many theistic religions doesn't seem a very good reason to abandon all those religions and theism itself. Not that I'm suggesting that people who do this aren't "real" atheists, just that there's a pretty big hole in that reasoning.