That covers a broad spectrum of religions. Cursing them to commit fornication with their neighbors wives and cursing them to eat the flesh of their sons and daughters and on and on and on with horrific curses that never end. Dr. Carrier replied, "That is true, but I can prove the God you worship is manmade.". It took me years to come to terms with not believing anymore, and then even longer than that afterward to be open and honest with myself and others about it, and that's only been a very recent development. I grew up in a safe and loving environment in a stable country with a good economy. I quickly became scared that I was losing the faith. I've heard and been to talks where people equate pre-marital sex to losing your value, or being like a piece of tape that gets stuck and re-stuck until it can't stick anymore, or a bank account where you're cashing out money until you have none. Though Christianity is the world's largest religion, each year many people choose to leave the faith and go their own way. I began to see that Christianity essentially blackmails a person into making a low-information decision to follow Christ. When you are younger, it is forced on you. This was incredibly important in my path towards irreligion. There is noway anyone can tell me he cares cuz he has the power to stop it and he just won't. Tired of convincing myself that god was still to be loved unconditionally, even so. Several of the elders at Rockport teamed up to fix our marriage. I couldn't talk to her, and something about her words cut straight to me, and I ended up leaving and having a full-fledged panic attack. Since I was barely keeping myself together due to years of being repressed, sheltered, and dealing with my own shame and embarrassments, I believed her. I hope she changes her mind about things though. This would have been unheard of in my previous religious communities. But let's begin with fifteen reasons why I left: 1. In fact, his mom and I co-parent and get along great. The Crusades). You are encouraged to be like a sheep and to have the faith of a little child. The authors of the Bible are unknown, there are no eyewitness to anything written about in the Bible. The entire post was well thought out and you obviously put a great deal of time and effort into it - over a period of time. Not to plagiarize but to present to those who question my deconversion - whatever may be their intent. Mikal Smith from Vancouver, B.C. Learn on the go with our new app. Of the fact that I could be doing something worthwhile. My theory isall religion is self-serving designed to be self-soothing. Just for future reference -- don't EVER say those things to someone who has been sexually assaulted. Some good reasons, TMApsey. God thinks it is a good idea to create man even with all the cards stacked against them like this. How can that be true love? God gives everyone (or allows everyone to have) a sinful nature. Overall this led me down a dark, depressed road. Gotquestions.org and other sites failed me more and more often, and I started seeing logical flaws in the answers I received from them. When you ask these questions of a devoted Christian, youll get a wry smile, and a pat on the back, and theyll say Heres why all of this matters so much. The churches have compromised with the world over so many years and now as I heard an old time preacher say once, that it is dangerous to go to church, because they are not teaching the Word and God is not in them anymore. I still wanted to believe in the Bible, but it was becoming difficult. Instead mindless sickening horror. And in that moment, I suddenly became very, very tired of the uphill battle I felt like I had been fighting on for years, and I desperately wanted to distance myself from the institution I was once willing to give my life for. I secretly thought reading the Bible was boring and I would rarely read it without someone else encouraging or shaming me to read it. Sorry but that's worse than ridiculous. I had liked to point to creation as the proof that God existed, but I realized that it told us nothing about which god (if any) created the world. Bart Ehrman noted that he Bible has been edited, redacted, & portions completely rewritten more times than there are even words in it. "The Truman Show" movie did it for me! Is capital punishment OK, if someone is really, really bad and killed a lot of people? Im sure somewhere, there is a church that boldly addresses these topics head-on, and that church would interest me. God is raising a family for himself thru Jesus Christ his son who manifested in the flesh as emmmanuel God wit us matthwe 1vs23 just to reconcile us humanity to himself, listen if ur a Christian u need the holy spirit to reveal Jesus Christ to u john 16vs13-14 when he does no debate, intectual wisdom, agnotic, sceptical, phlosophcal. They reflect everything I have asked myself and others, over the years, and are organized in a useful manor. Your link has been automatically embedded. It also required a large expense of time and money that could be far better used in more Jesus-like ways. We know things these days. Now I am sort of agnostic/deistic. After the year was over I went to university, and after my first year of university, I had a very difficult summer. Display as a link instead, Its the acceptance that there are things you dont know, that govern your life. The hardest part for me, in the midst of witnessing this insanity, was that a lot of the people who disagreed so strongly with him were people I knew personally. Here are five reasons people are really leaving the church. He calls this belief without evidence faith and chose to make it the backbone of the Christian religion. Yet God chooses to create people who are mentally incapable of understanding it. It makes no sense to me why God would condemn gays when they can no more choose who they love than straights can. Does she know you are not a Christian anymore? Scientists can put cells together. To me, a Christian would be more like him and bear The Fruit of the Spirit. Even though I had never seen a miracle, I believed a supernatural love uniquely found in the Christian church would be evidence enough. You obviously need to study evolution as do several million other people. I cant overstate the importance of licensed therapy. Tired of being discouraged enough to the point where I left and then patronized about it too. Still, the church does not acknowledge this, and. But it will also tell unverifiable stories of miracles as a reason to trust and obey; this doesnt add up. More recently, my friend Jamie Lee Finchs book, You are Your Own had me saying, Yes, that was me too, on every page. I understand what you are saying - the concept of salvation/hell was the point that troubled me the most but made it most difficult to leave fundamentalist Christianity. Oh man, I'm brand new to this site - and your experience reflects my own almost to a tee. I had many experiences that I would describe as spiritual or religious. But still, I wished somebody had warned me, or said something, or kindly reminded me to be careful. Speaking of which, heres another thing I was told Id read the bible. I discovered there are two fields of religious scholarship. Church? Killing Jesus was needed to enable all-forgiving God to forgive us. So maybe it should be up to me to fix the church, but it got to a point where I started to realize this kind of hate is larger than just a problem that needs to be fixed, but that it is ingrained into a really big part of Christian culture in North America. Also, I've experienced many of what is on your list. It had a clear roadmap of how to be and who to be and right v. wrong in my decisions. It never felt like an option until the end. And then, maybe those people in that village in Ghana do get clean drinking water one day, and they are thankful that God provided for them. This article will be here for you someday, if you start seeing the same things I did, and begin asking the same questions I did. I deeply respect the example that Jesus set- who I believe was probably a real historical person, in essence, a "prophet." Christianity suppresses knowledge and creativity. I also got tired of staring science in the face and refuting it for the sake of doctrine and propaganda. After dozens of concussions mixed with an always on stage personality made it hard to read Terry. Meaning, how does life feel differently outside of the church? on February 11, 2012: Such a great hub. Why would God choose this? The ppl of christianity I don't know of or see anyone who is holy. When he joined my life around age 10, my step father quickly became one of the most fantastic people Ive ever met, and is one of my greatest heroes today. Tired of dogma from those embarrassed for an answer. I couldnt speak in tongues like some of my friends - even though I asked God many times. This, I had decided was the foundation of my belief in the whole ball of Fundie wax! And again, I need to research things myself and see the conclusive evidence. I also wonder if I "accepted Jesus" because all my friends at that time had already done so and there was a bit of peer pressure involved. !AD CHANGE for the better. This was no light matter for me. When you see enough of the nasty underbelly of churches, you're left with a really bad taste for the hypocrisy, politics, and gossip that seemed to be a trend with most churches we went to. In looking back, most of those times where I "was moved by the holy spirit" were influenced by outside factors, like loud uplifting music, or other people and emotions running high, but there is one moment I can't explain. These scanned pages offer the ability to explore content outside our normal Logos editions. This series is under development and further articles will be added soon. I said, simply because you were born. If people are that angry and insecure there's not much I can do about that. I did not write my posts to suck up tosuperstitious people. Religions are many and divided. This added strain to our marriage, but my wife said that things were fine. Religion is opium for the suffering masses who had miserable lives in need of hope to lift their spirits. Suddenly confronted with the possibility of failure in life, caused by you, yourself, with no one to blame. Because there is no God directing my fate, I am fully responsible for making this world a better place. I can't have the nerve to say that these people were wrong because how they relate to their god is different than mine, when all I have to justify my belief is a book. I was good at following directions. He makes many things to be sin so it is easy to sin, even accidentally. This causes a persons eternal salvation to come down to the chance that they will choose the correct religion. It was partially my fear of hell and my fear of what the Christians in my life would say if they found out about me that made the process take so long. 2. What I didnt see at the beginning of my life as a Christian was that there are hidden costs to embracing Christianity. How church leaders asked us to behave, versus how Jesus demonstrated in the scriptures. I will not force my beliefs onto anyone. Did God really want a world full of depressed, self-hating, groveling, emasculated man-servants? In how Christians behave in their private lives, versus in their church lives. But my faith held strong; I wasnt done yet. Shiningstar4u2c from Hilton Head Island on February 10, 2012: Very good reasons! The same holds true for our other investments in life, including social groups, belief systems, cultural influences, and more. How crazy is that? Ive taken confession. No one can come to god unless he comes to them and look at how many he does not come to. To advance my future in the ministry, I pursued a Bible degree. But which parts exactly, are the word of God? At this point, it seemed to me like God was the ultimate hypocrite. What could be more important to a loving God than caring for his creations fate? I havent explored this much, but clearly theres a lot to learn here about this aspect of religion, and why it attracts people. But He doesnt do this. People who desire power gravitate towards the top, and use them for their own ends. I don't argue with reasons. There are a lot of things that I got from my experience as a Christian. Thank you for sharing! Due to the above two points, everyone is guaranteed to sin so everyones default destination is hell. Writing this part turned out to be quite a difficult reflection, but Im not one to hold back. (I know someone who can't have the title "Pastor" because she is a woman. Meanwhile, attempt after attempt to save my marriage fell flat. I consider that a good thing. Perhaps it may be useful for others. After you've read their work, get back to me about "miserable lives in need of hope" and people who "could not care less about God." Marital difficulties. Like political systems and very large corporations, most religions warp, because they are a power structure. I just got tired of hearing about a billionaire god while I was living on benefits. I like Ex Pastor Dan's (fellow Xtian member) interpretation of Hebrews 11:1Now Faith is the ABSENCE of things hoped for, the RECOMPENSE of things not seen.. 7) Love no one more than God God is the first and only. I was 14 when I bravely went before my home church of nearly 2,000 to announce my pledge; I was going to tell everyone how God could help them as he had helped me. Even when Christ died the whole concept is one big horror show getting nailed to a cross horror HORROR that's what this god is all about. In this video I tell my story of how I was raised as a Christian and why I have now walked away from it. I had a long conversation with one of my close friends at the camp about my dilemma, and he advised me to speak what I believed in. Christian Theologians made up things like the Age of the Accountability so God didnt look like a monster for sending kids to hell, even though the Bible didnt instruct it. The god of the gaps has run out of hiding places. The laws of nature dont attach any significance to whether a bolt of lightning strikes a tree or if it strikes a person. The reason why I say the idea of God is a concept is because everybody has a different idea or description of God. It's still a research opportunity but scientists know it wasn't a magical event. Faith is the belief in something you cannot see. If you open your heart, and accept the fact that true Christians don't belong in this evil world, you will realize that you are supposed to feel out of place here. I didnt know if I was still a Christian or how anybody could know for sure that they were. At least, that is just my 2 cents. In a book of over 800,000 words why does Jesus only speak about 2,000 of them?. I was afraid of my parents and friends finding out. I began thinking about the way God set up the rules for us: A loving, omnipotent God would not set up everything so that hell is the default destination, I thought. And so it goes on. said Ex Pastor Dan. I agree. What if those 200 when and worked those two hours at a minimum wage job, and then gave that money to someone in need? He means more to me than I can express. (i.e. I also found that still other core values of mine were challenged by Christianity,. I have a life that I love, and people that I love, and I feel like I'm doing meaningful things.". However, as powerful as it is, people in the U.S. are leaving the religion in droves. The place is free. Most Christians I met tended to look at non-believers as less than. These people were seen as more sinful, since they hadnt been saved yet. And they were saying that it's not OK to doubt your faith. I felt like it would have been better if humans never existed at all than for even one person to have to experience that barbaric, merciless punishment for any reason. (Romans 5:12) Of course Eve was part of it. I was a Christian for 20 years and all I received was sickness, failure, hardship and defeat. "A few years ago, I used to be a Christian. A few years ago, I used to be a Christian. Those bullet points - I couldn't have said it better. I rarely felt excited about my faith like other people in my life were. 2. I had already taken her back a few times only to discover the Ashley Madison relationship had continued. But this doesnt actually mean we are forgiven: And dont blaspheme the Holy Spirit the omnipotent and merciful God is unable or unwilling to forgive that. Much more serious was the realization that the people I had . These questions often involve the problem of evil, reconciling science and the Bible (e.g., the age of the universe), exclusive truth claims of one faith over another, or similar theological issues. My rational side said it did not make sense, while my emotional side was terrified of eternal damnation in hell - and worse, of damning my children to an eternity in hell when I chose to leave religion and take them with me. I once heard a speech where the speaker said, "no one knows for sure, it is an eternal mystery." Church is a building. I clung to my beliefs even harder. MY LIFE: Ages 0-26 After my parents' divorce, I'd brag about how. The last of the elders (elders are the same as pastors in this denomination) was Terry Delany, who was a bit of a wild card. Yet I fail to see that in so many churches. Here goes: There are many sophisticated men and women, including scientists who believe in God and Christianity. Atheists wouldnt accept it and I couldnt blame them for it, so this answer always left me unsatisfied. Give me the weight of the world, and the responsibility of the impoverished, the dying, and the hungry.". Freelance photographer and operations manager of Photographers Without Borders. A recent study conducted by the Pew Forum showed that more than one quarter of American adults are leaving the faith of their childhood. He or she believes they have been forgiven and redeemed from a life of doing wrong. Our own set of circumstances, environment, etc that defines who we are. It tookme decades to work outthat the whole thing was a delusion. Therefore, if youre a devoted Christian, and wouldnt you want to tithe automatically? Now I love it, it's one of the greatest gifts I can give. Thats it. If you don't want to educate yourself nobody cares. When I went to college at a secular university, I took a history of Christian thought course which shook my world, learning how the Bible was written, canonized, etc. This causes rational people to question whether it is actually from God and this in turn causes them to go to hell. There is too much brokenness in this weary world, and too great a responsibility, and (by the way) saving souls should never, ever, ever, be thought of in numerical terms Don't give me a church with good music and good public speaking. Mike is a confidence coach and managing consultant based in Auckland, New Zealand. It is very easy to opt out of Christianity. If everyone understood this obvious fact then the world would be a much better place. Verses like Proverbs 22:6 and Ephesians 6:4 encourage Christians to indoctrinate their kids while they are vulnerable to that sort of thing, thereby spreading the scam. Why would there need to be two bibles only a few hundred years apart, although it took over 1400 years to collect the individual documents written by different people at different times and different places. I eventually got a public apology, but it was way too little, way too late. I saw a group of people trying to create an environment where they felt accepted, safe, valued, comfortable and in-control. Now to me, Christians were always the last people on earth who would try to justify sin. Her mental health was in a bad place since giving birth, and the church wasnt helping(Ihaveherpermissiontomentionhermentalhealth;sheisnta villain and had her own spiritual journey to deconstruct). How do I make sense of the inconsistencies? Especially, this line: "Im still not quite sure why I never became on fire for Jesus. But here I am today. And I am very happy and grateful to say that I do still have friends that are Christians, and our beliefs and views are very different, but that hasn't had an effect on our friendship. Education has been the biggest enemy of religion and the more intelligent we become as a society the less we need the simple comfort of ignorant dogma. So naturally it would feel like this kind of unconditional love, and this unity and welcomeness should be extended to all people, regardless of gender, race, and class, just as Jesus embodied in his life. The Lord, or so I thought, called me to full-time ministry during youth group summer camp between my Freshman and Sophomore years. we thank God for science and technology but signs and wonders is greater than science and technology. Now Faith is the ABSENCE of things hoped for, the RECOMPENSE of things not seen., Deep South in the buckle of the bible belt. Heres the difference - they were awesome people long before they found Christianity. And also antireligious.". My past with liars equipped me to see through the bullshit. All of our paper waste is recycled and turned into corrugated cardboard. Once that happens it breaks the barrier in any relationship. I didn't think of Hebrews 11:1 while writing my post Should've included it because that verse is a doozy! For some reason that moment was special, and it will remain so for me. His soul was given to him by God. God causes people to be born in a situation (geographic location, for example) where they will live their lives without ever hearing the gospel message and go to hell for no thought of their own. Welcome aboard! If youre a Christian, this article is not intended to change your mind about anything you believe. Personally, I just think god is the most horrible creator u could imagine. If you dont consider a Muslims supernatural experiences as evidence for their claims, why shouldnt yours be rejected in the same way? That being said, I also totally respect all other religions and their beliefs. A lot of associate arrange wondered why I would alter headed for Judaism, why I absent the assurance of my early days after that adopt Torah, wondering why I would accomplish such a article. The decision I made to leave Christianity was based on extensive research and sound reason. Many may leave their religion for many reasons. Religion, Films, Music, Nursing, Social Issues, Mental Illnesses, Im still not quite sure why I never became . I was reluctantly forced to admit the obvious to myself: Logic was superior to faith and it made no sense to make faith superior to logic in special cases. I think I'll remain atheist for a while. That is why I said I am "agnostic/deistic". Family conflicts. One more thing:abiogenesis has been figured out. Here are the top 15 reasons that former Christians state as the cause of their apostasy. By my calculation, that would be roughly Not at anyone in particular, there was no one to blame. whatever u believe now apart from Jesus it takes faith to believe it why not apply Hebrew 11vs6. I have no right to judge how a person believes or feels. Thanks! Why werent those obsessed with Gods Word showing fruit or even basic human decency? Jesus practiced compassion, non-judgement, courage, and deep uncompromising authenticity. For someone who felt like an outsider most of my life, a kid who was introverted and insecure, Christianity was hugely appealing. I may make myself a bit unpopular, but I am willing to take the risk. This is what I had been taught, yet here I was, feeling like my church had failed me by keeping me sheltered and naive, and feeling like I was continually let down by Christians in their dismissive, harmful reactions when I had finally got the courage to stop thinking about those "sex before marriage ruins you" analogies and talk about what happened. However, all of these points DO make an astonishing amount of sense if you consider them from the perspective that God does not exist and Christianity is an ingenious self-perpetuating scam. She recently came out as having a girlfriend (I didnt see that one coming, but I support them 100%), and theyve had me over for dinner where we chat and joke like old friends. Some continue to believe in God, some turn to other religions or Eastern philosophies such as Buddhism, some turn to agnosticism or atheism. They find out what really happened. I grew up in a Southern Baptist home, and I probably would have gotten through that less scathed and would have had less emotional torment leaving religion, but I was tremendously indoctrinated in a Christian school (founded under the template of Bob Jones University - many of the teachers had attended BJU or Pensacola Christian College and our Science and Religion curricula were from BJU Press). I strive to not accept any belief just because of the social pressure of many other people believing it (after all, many people believe Christianity is true, but as we know, it is not). Now I see everything that happens today as perfectly explainable by natural causes. And Ilearned what it means to be authentic. But an innocent baby, who dies before baptism, and never hurt a fly doomed to hellfire. What's your #1 reason for leaving Christianity? Reasons why members left the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. The whole point of this stupid weekly presentation was to appease the adults, and I couldn't stand it. Yes, I HAVE found Christianity to be very oppressivenot because of God, but because of people. I've heard and read the notion countless times, never seen the possiblity, including in light of the list here, and can't say I agree with the logic or reasoning. Devastated, I reached out to my Calvinist church. Yes, I HAVE found Christianity to be very oppressivenot because of God, but because of people. Connect with like-minded people who will support you with your goals and issues, Overcome people-pleasing and Nice Guy Syndrome to build strong social confidence, Get access to exclusive online courses to learn advanced social skills, how to master your psychology, proven career progression techniques and more. I wrote about that in my first testimony in this website and some sweet person replied saying that you cannot really control what you believe- you cannot believe in the tooth fairy even if your salvation depended on it. I was born into a Christian home, and grew up very involved in church ministries. 1. Something went wrong while submitting the form. For me personally, this was probably the hardest part. And for all of the things I can do, I cannot go up against that kind of strength of belief -- to many, it is church doctrine, and not something that simply changes. 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