RE: Evidence God Exists
September 3, 2010 at 11:28 pm
(This post was last modified: September 4, 2010 at 12:13 am by AngelThMan.)
(September 3, 2010 at 4:09 am)DiRNiS Wrote:Oh, come on. Min is occasionally funny, but that one was a cliche.(September 3, 2010 at 1:24 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:I've experienced the presence of God
It was probably constipation. Ex-Lax should help.
(September 1, 2010 at 7:03 pm)Entropist Wrote:Most believers who become atheists do it as a result of some traumatic disappointment. Something goes horribly wrong in their lives and they lose faith in God.(August 31, 2010 at 10:37 pm)AngelThMan Wrote: Maybe if unbelievers would experience what you and I have, they'd be believers.Implied here is more predictable goalpost moving: If anyone claims to have faith in a particular god but years later down the track loses said faith, then whatever that was, it wasn't really faith. They were never reeeeeeeeally a believer...
Others do it because their lifestyles (e.g. sexuality) do not fit in with/is not supported by their particular religions.
And then there are those who were born into religious homes, and went through the motions as children based on their parents' faith, but never really gave God or religion much thought, and therefore were never really open to experiencing God. Driven by certain studies and scientific findings as they get older, they find that the notion of atheism speaks to them.
There are always exceptions, but I'm sure you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who went from Christianity to atheism that doesn't fit into at least one of the above categories.
So yes, in most cases it is true that if someone goes from being a believer to atheism, they were never reeeaaalllyy a believer, or were pushed by other circumstances.