(June 28, 2014 at 6:28 pm)Jenny A Wrote: For atheists who once believed I ask the same question:
Why did you believe?
I was programmed to believe in God from an early age. Even as the questions started running up ( and that started at about 9 or so), fear kept me from seeking answers outside of the schematic view of my faith.
(June 28, 2014 at 6:28 pm)Jenny A Wrote: And I add a second question:
What made you stop believing?
It started when I was twelve, and lived through the revolution in Iran. That brought to my mind the Problem of Evil. I kept faith for a couple of years afterwards, again out of fear, but the questions kept mounting and I couldn't reconcile what I'd been told about God with what I'd seen around me. On seeking answers by reading Scripture, I started rereading the Bible, and that was enough -- once my fears had subsided.
