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Ex-Christians:

Ingledsva

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
Thirza Fallen said:
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
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My study of the Bible showed a lot of it to be false, talking snakes and donkeys, age of earth and people, etc, - plus a skitzo god that murders children, is angry all the time, and vengeful, etc, is obviously made up by murderous, angry, vengeful people.


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dyanaprajna2011

dyanaprajna2011

Dharmapala
William Patrick said:
I understand fully what you are saying. However, if we look at the life of Jesus Christ we see the true model of what Christianity should be.His teachings are the way. Jesus said by their fruit you will know them. Christianity has been perverted by the evil desires of men and that has been manifested in many of the immoral actions of individual who claim to be christian but are not really christian in their actions. I also believe that there are other paths to God besides Christianity. However some like radical Islam are not at all good paths. Believe that there is a loving God because God is love.
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I would believe in a loving god, except I see no evidence that such a being exists. Jesus' teachings are the way to what? Even his moral teachings are contradictory, much less anything else he taught. Hiw can someone think that his teachings are the way to anything, when it's nearly impossible to pinpoint what his views on anything actually were?
 
Monk Of Reason

Monk Of Reason

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Thirza Fallen said:
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
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I started questioning my faith and what they were teaching me. Eventually I fell through a period of doubt that caused me to do a lot of searching and eventually came to the realization I simply didn't believe anymore. Once I realized that my world view changed dramatically and I cannot ever see myself returning.
 
Raban

Raban

Hagian
Though I still vaguely associate with the idea of Christianity, in my mind, Christianity (just like any organized religion) has become futile and stagnant. Centuries of politics, and intrigue have corrupted the simple message of Jesus Christ. I consider myself a follower of Jesus, Isa, Yeshua, ect. however I believe that the very body of God, which the Greeks called Christos, exists beyond the physical body of Jesus of Nazareth, in all living things. I also cannot believe in the strict dogma of the religion, and refuse to believe that everything is already figured out- there are to many gaps, to many holes. In my eyes, this "God" fellow would not forsake the entire Earth, nor would he suddenly abandon humanity after he sent his Messiah. Therefore I 'believe' (I use this world liberally) in a multitude of 'prophets' or what more accurately describe as Luminaries of the Divine. This along with many other theological discrepancies, and disagreements with traditional Christianity has caused me to decide that I am not what Christian has come to mean.
 
Twilight Hue

Twilight Hue

Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Reality clashed way too much in face on how the Christian religion, via God's influence, allegedly transforms lives only to be contrasted with the experiences with congregations and clergy far much too confused and consistently bickering away to even remotely suggest that any type of deity is present, communicating, and in charge.

Viewed it thereafter simply as adults actively engaged in delusional make believe in face of an absence of divine direction. Seems Christians have no better or worse lives than anyone else with no notable differences than that of non Christians suggesting the religion was neutral in spite of it's claims with nothing special or unique to speak of.

Chucked the rose colored glasses, and dropped out of the faith.

Thereafter decided to let direct unfettered reality reveal any truth of the matter, of which in playing out, such happens to be completely free of embellishment and fabrication.
 
Shadow Wolf

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber
I was raised into an ultra-Conservative, Literalist Southern Baptist environment. Even my homeschooling for a few years was through a very Conservative group. And when I entered public school in time for high school, I realized I had been mislead and deceived on many things about the world, people, history, and science, and in many cases out-right lied to (like the idea that Harry Potter teaches kids witchcraft). I was also going through a rough time in life, and it seemed that god was never there for me. I then began to fervently read and study the Bible, and I began to realize it was not the book that I had been led to believe it is. And during this whole period of about 4 or 6 months I was tormented almost nightly with nightmares of going to Hell, even to the point of mental and physical pain/anguish. It was quite an interesting time in my life to say the least.
 
Sand Dancer

Sand Dancer

Crazy Cat Lady
Shadow Wolf said:
I was raised into an ultra-Conservative, Literalist Southern Baptist environment. Even my homeschooling for a few years was through a very Conservative group. And when I entered public school in time for high school, I realized I had been mislead and deceived on many things about the world, people, history, and science, and in many cases out-right lied to (like the idea that Harry Potter teaches kids witchcraft). I was also going through a rough time in life, and it seemed that god was never there for me. I then began to fervently read and study the Bible, and I began to realize it was not the book that I had been led to believe it is. And during this whole period of about 4 or 6 months I was tormented almost nightly with nightmares of going to Hell, even to the point of mental and physical pain/anguish. It was quite an interesting time in my life to say the least.
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That sounds terrible! What religion are you now and how are you doing?
 
Windwalker

Windwalker

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Thirza Fallen said:
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
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I like what G.K. Chesterson said, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." In other words, Christianity hasn't failed, it's never been tried yet. So what is it people are leaving? Is it Christianity? I see the teachings of Jesus as something very few actually get, with not much surprise. It's the whole thing about new wine in old wine skins. Religion cannot contain it.
 
Drolefille

Drolefille

PolyPanGeekGirl
I started questioning the social beliefs of my church, and then the historical teachings and then I just plain lost faith. I remember praying for faith in church on Christmas Eve... I was basically begging for it. And not a thing. I've gone through all the stages of a breakup, sometimes angry, sometimes resigned, sometimes I don't give a crap.
 
Ingledsva

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
Windwalker said:
I like what G.K. Chesterson said, "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried." In other words, Christianity hasn't failed, it's never been tried yet. So what is it people are leaving? Is it Christianity? I see the teachings of Jesus as something very few actually get, with not much surprise. It's the whole thing about new wine in old wine skins. Religion cannot contain it.
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Definitely Christianity and the other Abrahamic religions. I have found them to be a fail.

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dgirl1986

dgirl1986

Big Queer Chesticles!
Thirza Fallen said:
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
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Reasons I left...
- I was being pressured to be a missionary
- I was being pressured to be someone I was not
- I am gay (didnt know it at the time) and the anti homosexuality thing didnt seem right
- Did not agree with the teachings in the bible
- Got no response from god at all
- It depressed me
- I hated the fear factor and the we are unworthy factor
- Did not believe that Jesus was literally god in flesh
- Could not see the bible as the word of god given it was written by man
 
Philomath

Philomath

Sadhaka
It started in high school when I had a teacher that would always question Christianity. He brought up points and issues that I had never thought about or heard about. I didn't believe them at first but when I began researching the Bible they came out as true. From there I just researched more, learned more about science and eventually left Christianity. I still admire Jesus and certain aspects of Christianity but I will never be a Christian again.
 
Sand Dancer

Sand Dancer

Crazy Cat Lady
dgirl1986 said:
Reasons I left...
- I was being pressured to be a missionary
- I was being pressured to be someone I was not
- I am gay (didnt know it at the time) and the anti homosexuality thing didnt seem right
- Did not agree with the teachings in the bible
- Got no response from god at all
- It depressed me
- I hated the fear factor and the we are unworthy factor
- Did not believe that Jesus was literally god in flesh
- Could not see the bible as the word of god given it was written by man
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You were pressured to be a missionary? What denomination was it?
 
Tarheeler

Tarheeler

Argumentative Curmudgeon
Premium Member
Thirza Fallen said:
I would love to know why you left Christianity. My reason is because it's too exclusive and the idea of it seems divisive, not to mention it makes God sound cruel. And then there's the validity of the Bible...
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I got to the point where I couldn't follow the basic tenets of the Christianity I grew up in: vicarious salvation, once saved always saved, the Trinity, the struggle between good and evil, eternal damnation...

When I took stock of my beliefs and analyzed them, I realized I wasn't a Christian anymore.
 
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