This is a topic that was discussed at my church a while back and thinking about it now I wanted to see what you guys have to say. So the idea is that you tell the story of how you came to believe what you believe. It's usually broken down into three parts; first, what your life was like at before; second, how your life changed; and third, what your life is like now. I may have heard this at church, but I'm not limiting this to Christians. That being said please try to show respect the other people in this thread. You can still disagree but don't let it escalate to flaming please.
Ruon's 1st part was christian 2nd part then his girlfriend died of leukemia and he turned to atheism out of his hatred for god 3rd part- Ruon remembers nothing since he got his memory wiped. Mine 1st part- I started out as a christian 2nd part- Then our parents died and god should've saved them so I turned atheist 3rd part- We all hate god except Ruon because he remembers nothing.
It's not atheism, she's wrong on that, it's more like she's rejecting God.And don't turn this into a religion debate. That's not really what the thread asked for, is it? Before: was a mixture of barely religious lifestyle with a desire to be more religious. Event: My church (not the church in general, the specific one I went to) was full of hypocritical, stereotyping "Christians" and I realized there was too many faults within the bible, so I stopped attending and turned away from the path of God, according to my more religious friend. After: Still strayed from the path until I realized there was a difference between what "right" and "good". I still refuse to go to church, my old one ruined the experience for me. I'm not entirely..."on the path" and I still refuse to alter my lifestyle for what most believe is "christian", but I have a loose Christian-based mind. If any of that made sense.
First: Was a Christian, mistreated, abused, generally unhappy, angry with my youth, confused and curious. My mother who abused me was a protestant and my aunt was an evangelical protestant and both were just so far into it that I can tell horror stories now. Second: I was 12, read the Bible through page for page, read books about the Inquisitions and Crusades.. was more horrified than the other books I was reading... Edgar Allan Poe stories. Decided that to take hold of my life I would do so and stop asking a god for help that never answered and that I could no longer respect and find that it was a good thing to follow Yahweh. I studied after this other mythologies and religions of various types and became more scholarly in my search for truth. Of course, that search always goes on. Third: Became an Atheist that studies martial arts, buddhist meditation techniques and I have found a lot of peace with the ability to study many things and if I cannot find the answer, I am content in knowing that I do not have to fill the slot with something nonsensical and illogical. I can leave a question open-ended and unanswered to be resolved in the future or not at all. I have less expectations I set on people, have learned to be more benevolent and less judgmental and I give without needing anything in return. I speak my mind and am blunt to a fault and yet life is much more pleasant for it. I feel rejuvenated and have even moved on from my abusive familial incidences, which was a task to get away from feeling sorry for myself or hating myself over.
