How did you become an atheist?

[mmntech]

I became one after 9/11. I came to the conclusion that all religions were chock full of hypocrites. I went into it in detail in a previous thread.

 

[totalnoob]

After two decades, I finally decided to ask myself if I had any real *reason* to believe the stuff I was told in church.

I didn't.

 

[zinfamous]

I went to youth group for 4 years of high school b/c it brought me closer to boobies.

True story.

 

[soulcougher73]

I have no idea if there really is a God or not. It cannot be proven one way or another. But i do know that if there is this all powerful God who can do anything and this is the best world he could come up with and too allow the kinds of suffering we have in this world....then he isn't worth my worship.

 

[DrPizza]

I am an agnostic, because I possess the humility to admit that I can't prove whether or not a god exists.

Ditto. And I'm agnostic about rainbow striped invisible unicorns too. I'm also agnostic about the Smurfs. Granted, it was a kids show, but how do you really know that there aren't smurfs out there somewhere? They're really small & hide well.

 

[AbAbber2k]

Never believed in god, so I guess I was born that way. Growing up, I assumed believing in god was like believing in Santa... you believed it only until you understood it was bullshit fed to you by people you trusted. That said, my parents never said one word about or against god when I was little. I literally had like 5 solid years of a 100% godless life (until friends and schoolmates were like 'omg thank you jeezuz 4 my pb&j and snackpack aaaaaaaaameeeeeeen'). Then in college there was a huge spike in Christians... probably because they wanted to feel better about getting their fucking snooches pounded constantly and doing drugs. "God will forgive me."

 

[Tim]

I want my 1 minute back

/ibtl

If it took you an entire minute to read that, then you're slow, and probably will believe anything I tell you is real.

DesiPower, I am God. Worship me for all of your days.

 

[So]

Never believed in god, so I guess I was born that way. Growing up, I assumed believing in god was like believing in Santa... you believed it only until you understood it was bullshit fed to you by people you trusted. That said, my parents never said one word about or against god when I was little. I literally had like 5 solid years of a 100% godless life (until friends and schoolmates were like 'omg thank you jeezuz 4 my pb&j and snackpack aaaaaaaaameeeeeeen'). Then in college there was a huge spike in Christians... probably because they wanted to feel better about getting their fucking snooches pounded constantly and doing drugs. "God will forgive me."

I'll admit, at about age 14 I realized that people *actually* *believed* in god, for real, and was rather surprised.

 

[slayer202]

how did you become a troll?

 

[Mike Gayner]

Ditto. And I'm agnostic about rainbow striped invisible unicorns too. I'm also agnostic about the Smurfs. Granted, it was a kids show, but how do you really know that there aren't smurfs out there somewhere? They're really small & hide well.

Same, but I'm obviously way more agnostic than you.

 

[nanette1985]

I'll admit, at about age 14 I realized that people *actually* *believed* in god, for real, and was rather surprised.

I'm still surprised. I keep forgetting that there are people who take this stuff seriously.

 

[videogames101]

I think you mean: "When were you indoctrinated to become a theist, and how did you find your way back?"

TLDR: People aren't born as theists.

 

[Leros]

Trying to learn and make sense of Christianity drove me towards atheism.

I grew up in a really religious town. I went to an Episcopalian school from 1st to 9th grade and we had service every morning before school. I went there because the education in my city was crap and this place was the best in town.

My parents were agnostic or maybe slightly Christian, but I never heard a bit about religion from them growing up. We did not go to church.

Despite going to church service at school every morning, the whole concept of Christianity did not make logical sense to me. So, around 4th grade I begged my parents to take me to church "like everybody else". My 10 year old logic told me that if everybody else was doing it, it must be the right answer.

I took classes at this church so I could be baptized. In these classes, I tried to learn as much as I could, but things still didn't make sense. The more questions I asked, the more things didn't make sense. The more I read the Bible, the less the Bible made sense.

I ended up going to three churches (Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist) between 4th and 5th grade. I went to classes twice a week. The end result was that I realized Christianity was bullshit and I became atheist shortly thereafter.

 

[zinfamous]

TODAY it cannot

1500 years ago, science could not explain how we were not the center of the universe.

Imagine what Science could explain tomorrow?


Hell... don't the religious types believe the earth was created 10,000 years ago?

How do you discount the fossil record showing that the earth came into existence millions of years ago??


I really hate the "i cant explain it .. so it must be magic" belief.

it's full of ignorance.

Duh! carbon dating, bro! It's a pack of lies!

 

[guyver01]

Duh! carbon dating, bro! It's a pack of lies!

C-14 dating is useful for dating items up to about 50,000 - 60,000 years ago

So they usually use something with a larger half life.

Potassium-40 has a half-life of 1.3 billion years
Rubidium-87 and strontium-87 have a half-life of 50 billion years.

 

[biostud]

I was born atheist

 

[PlasmaBomb]

The day I realized I had common sense.

 

[Sea Moose]

Show the evidence and i will believe.

I have seen airplanes. They exist.

I have seen sea squids. They exist.

I have not seen talking bushes or sky fairies. Therefore they must not exist.


Show me some solid evidence and i will believe otherwise

 

[zinfamous]

C-14 dating is useful for dating items up to about 50,000 - 60,000 years ago

So they usually use something with a larger half life.

Potassium-40 has a half-life of 1.3 billion years
Rubidium-87 and strontium-87 have a half-life of 50 billion years.

YOUR LIES ARE IMBIGGENED BY 40X!!!




capcapcpapcpacpa

 

[zinfamous]

Show the evidence and i will believe.

I have seen airplanes. They exist.

I have seen sea squids. They exist.

I have not seen talking bushes or sky fairies. Therefore they must not exist.


Show me some solid evidence and i will believe otherwise

I have seen burning bushes, bro. They even talked to me. gave me the secret of life (it involves The Green Flash)



let me introduce you to my friend: I call him, "Mescaline."

 

[guyver01]

YOUR LIES ARE IMBIGGENED BY 40X!!!

a noble spirit embiggens us all

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Who gives a fuck? There are so many shitheads on here who just have to toot their atheist horns all the damn time. You are all so fucking enlightened...there are you happy.:awe:

STFU about the whole topic!

That's it.

Why has no one asked WWYBYWB?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Fire was so "complex" that people thought it was magic.

is your stove magic?

My stove works by coaxing the fire elemental out of the wood where it is hiding... nothing complex about that!

 

[Sea Moose]

This is an interesting thread.

Good to see flaming has been kept to a minimum

 

[UnklSnappy]

I was born an atheist and my parents in their wisdom saw fit not to indoctrinate/brainwash me with bs.
Religion is just another way for men to gain power, influence and wealth over others.