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I am a Christian but I want to hear your story sometime, so share your story and I'm happy to share mine with anyone who asks
Who is willing to share there religious journey as to why you decided to turn to god or why you turned away from God?
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u I was born and raised Catholic and continue to practice the faith today.
My sister talked me into going on what was called the Steubenville Catholic Youth Conference when I was heading into my junior year of high school. I had a conversion of heart of sorts there and became interested in being Catholic on my own.
I went to a Catholic college and met some friends who were proponents of the Traditional Latin Mass. A few years later, one of them got married and invited me to his wedding, which was at the parish that I attend now.
My faith life has changed and matured a great deal since then (2015).
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My parents were not religious in the least. They don't even share the same religion, therefore I was never really encouraged to participate in any religious activities. So, while I am an atheist, I appreciate religion and have a different viewpoint on it.
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I grew up in a Christian home.
Dysfunctional, we didn't have all the right answers.
I rebelled against every rule.
My life hasn't been easy.
Others have to deal with far worse so while my life shaped my views when I compare myself to what others have dealt with I consider myself fortunate.
I'm still rebellious.
There are things I don't understand.
I'm not "religious". Those people make me sick.
I won't push my beliefs on anyone... you have to follow your own conscience.
But I don't believe others "stuff" either.
So while they rail against God they judge and hate me for believing in God.
I believe what I believe.
So do you.
I'm not judging you for your beliefs but it's oh so en vogue to judge Christians for our beliefs. We're all going to die. We hope we're all right. Some of us are, some of us ain't. When we find out it'll be too late. Judging me now will get you nowhere. I do believe in God. I don't have all the answers. I struggle with stuff daily. I can't deny His existence. If you avoid the self-righteous religious folks the path to believing in God is gentle. Those that hate God are mean and vindictive and insulting and the biggest bullies I've ever experienced. Trying to MAKE me deny God... why? They're hiding from something and to attack a believer somehow makes them feel good. Doesn't make sense. I simply can't deny His existence... and even though I don't understand why's and wherefores He's bigger and more powerful than me so I'm trying to learn. I'm not perfect, I never will be in this life. I'm not better than anyone else but you God haters are not better than me either. Here's a thought. Convince or coerce? Convince... you give what evidence you feel is sufficient to prove your point and let me decide. Coerce... you're forcing me... and it's probably not for a good reason. There were "missionaries" that coerced, I can't deny that. A lot of evil stuff was done in God's name. Lot's of damage too. Just because someone says they're a Christian doesn't mean they are. Bottom line: no one has proof of what happens when we die. Some of us are going to be surprised, some won't. God is real. I struggle against Him. I'll find out what will happen when it happens. Just leave me alone.I can't share my whole story here - not enough space.
I always believed in God. Then in 1985 my brother died in a road accident. I spent 9 months hating Him for "taking" my little brother. Then in the November I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a figure standing by the window. He walked over and reached out to offer me His hand and I saw the scar through His wrist. Right through.
We talked about my brother and what had happened. He showed me how my dad and grandad were praying for me and how He'd been with me every step since the accident. And how I'd spit in His face and keep walking every time He helped me stand.
I've never regretted accepting Christ that night 37 years ago. My walk has been anything but easy, but I know with absolute certainty that my God is with me every step I take.
Sometimes I post stuff on here that could easily be perceived as ungodly. It probably is. I'm forgiven, not perfect. I get things wrong. Badly, sometimes.
But I've seen some incredible Love shown to me and through me over the years.327 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic. Was raised by Puritans who taught that every single thought should be selflessly turned towards the service of God. When I left their house the options were to either go nuts in a world that didn't accommodate people for wasting so much time or consider the possibility that my parents were wrong. I eased into the latter.
But if you've been raised one religion it's hard to look at any others and take them seriously. I spent a few years looking at other types of Christianity but it didn't seem like anyone else was really taking them seriously, either. So I abandoned religion altogether and watched in horror from "the other side" as hypocrisy after hypocrisy was exposed yet religious people did nothing about them. Christianity became pretty much the exact opposite of everything I was taught in the span of a decade as they succumbed to a sort of political bloodlust that didn't even make any sense. And that no one was held accountable, but instead rewarded, kind of cemented to me that the whole thing is probably made up as a proxy for self worth to help those who want their failures to be valuable collectively feel better by tacit agreement that they'll all just pretend they are successes.I was indoctrinated into Christianity from birth so I can't say for certain that I actually truly believed in it since I didn't have the option/free will to not believe in it. But when I did start to really question it (years after hearing people mock it in school), I was probably around age 13. And I believe that decision was because of the obvious mismatch with my former "beliefs" & reality. And upon further inspection (thanks to creators on YouTube) I could really find the flaws of the religion.
I didn't know what I was after that, but I knew I wasn't a Christian. It didn't help that I couldn't even talk about it with my own mother. As a result, it took a long time to figure out who I was. I didn't know for sure until I was about 19 years old. I discovered that I was and still am an agnostic who is only an atheist when confronted with religion.
Now, I do recognize the utility of religion & how it can be more harmful than good for primates like us to not live in a delusion. But I'm still no fan of dogmatic ideology in general. So I'll always view more open & scientific ways of thinking more. And I have no problem with "ideology." It just basically means "way of life." I just disagree with certain ways of life.- Anonymous(45 Plus)
You do understand that from an atheist point of view, one doesn't turn away from god?
Anyway, I'll give you my journey. Was raised religious. Had some experiences when I was young which cemented my believe in the supernatural. Went to a christian brothers school, had a comparative religion class, excelled in sciences. The more I learned about different religions, the more objectively I could see some of the faults in my own.
At college, I met lots of people and new viewpoints. Realised that I had some definite hatred and bigotrys against gay people that I could not justify and began to realise my particular religion was more than a little flawed. At the same time, the scandals in the church began to come out, and I realised hypocrisy and abuse were rampant in the church.
I formally decided to leave the church and started looking at different religions for something that answered my spiritual needs. Got side tracked by Rabbi Eli Rips and his mathematical codes in the bible. Believed it because he was a Rabbi. Why would he lie about stuff in a maths paper? Eventually, as I got closer to converting to judaism, I looked up his paper.
It was total bullshit, I had a maths degree and it took only minutes to realise he was lying, probably because he felt like it was for a greater good.
I had looked at most of the big religions. Found them all wanting. I couldn't reconcile my youthful experiences with my now materialistic scientific view of the universe.
I read Carl Sagan's book The Demon Haunted World. In it, he mentioned that audio and visual hallucinations were not as rare as people think, and it wasn't a sign of craziness. And with that, I had a perfectly adequate explanation for my youthful experiences.
There was no god. Only a dogs breakfast of a messy brain that was capable of being fooled by itself. No god, and no reason to believe in one. I was never much of a believer. Never saw a reason to believe in it. All the same I gave it a shot. 12-14 year old me read the Bible, the new and old, the Quran, snippets of the Torah. Reflected, asked questions to myself and others and came away with not a single reason to believe other than the belief others had. The studying it was kiddo me's version of showing respect.
But you know that God is omniscient and omnipotent. If I do not believe and God exists it is simply because God did not want me to believe.- 1.3K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
I was raised loosely christian. We sang hymns and participated in christian festivals in my school, but my parents didn't seem too concerned either way. It wasn't until I got older that I even realised how odd it was that my school did some of the stuff that it did.
In my early teens/late pre-teens I was interested in religion as a topic, and I thought I had all the answers. Listening to Youtube discussions and participating in forum discussions, I quickly found that my arguments for my faith could not hold up to the counterarguments from atheists, and that my fellow theists were all remarkably dishonest in discussions - Avoiding questions, using threats and fallacies. Eventually I realised I cared whether or not what I believed was true, and was no longer able to remain a theist.
My encounters with theists haven't changed at all in that time, I still find them all remarkably dishonest, and it is that inability to defend their position that makes me a gnostic atheist. - 2.2K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
Atheist here as for me well my first doubts were in some culture class as a freshman when I learned of other beliefs and how old they were compared to my own which was christianity. Then around junior year I wanted to learn more about the world like god but in the process I learned that their probably is no god as their was multiple plot holes in my belief and moral implications that just can't be justified like hell or the flood which is just genocide so over the course of a month trying to justify my belief to myself I just stopped and that felt good
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I fully believed in the Catholic religion for much of my life then in my 30s I found out that the Christian holidays were all originally Pagan. After I found this to be true I became more Agnostic but then as time went on I realized all organized religion was the problem because it is controlled by bad people. I now believe in God again but I don't really consider myself a Christian just I believe in a Creator.
512 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic. Never was one for god, Following facts and science. And then I would never morally agree with a god that makes a world full of death, harm and other things, god is all powerful and all loving and all knowing so he could stop it and not done it all. But the fact he did and hasn't stopped it shows even if he did exist.
I would not deem him a good god.951 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic. A number of years ago, when i was in a messy divorce and lost my job, I had an authentic salvation experience. That day changed everything.
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I was born into a Catholic family, I'm not overly religious, but still have faith in God, but I lost faith in the Roman Catholic Church (The Vatican organisation) a long time ago.
The crimes they have committed, the cover ups, and then thry expect the people to pick up the compensation bill. They are a disgrace. 2.9K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic. I'll give the short version.
When I realized that there are other gods and goddesses, ones that actually value their practitioners or align with me morally and ethically, I went with them. Especially since I view god as a capricious, mean minded and tyrannical asshole. When I have better ethics and morals than him, you know he's jacked up, considering I'm not a good person.I turned to God a few months ago. I've been raised Catholic, but as a child or teenager I've never thought about it seriously (like "why do you actually believe?"). I felt I lacked something. I am in good College, I have parents, who support me, but I wasn't really happy. I started praying. Now I feel better, it gives me consolation. I think following God's rules makes me a better person.
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I was borned in a muslim country all my family and our nation are muslims. All my life I lived being a muslim until. 5 years ago. That years I first searched my religion then other ibranic religions ( chris and jewishizm) now I am sure about the god but I am suspicious about religions.
I come from a Catholic background but it was never drummed into me from the family, it was more the school trying to indoctrinate me but quite early on I started to question the whole ideology and I have been a atheist since.
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Very simple. I kept looking for proof that it existed and have never found any, especially in my most dire times of need.
529 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic. Jezzsus scorned me by cheating on me with another man, & things haven't been the same since.
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