I was a one time a christian and I thought that I was a non denominational christian, Then experiences that I was having in my life got me thinking about what I truly believed and I found that nieve and vulnerable were the two words that I labeled myself as and I realized that I was not as much of a christian as I thought I was and that there were stories in the bible that movies had been made from and there was a particular story of the woman who was turned into a pillar of salt that really truly bothered me because I truly did not believe the story and I felt that the writers of the bible had to have mixed fact with a lot of fiction and then I found that I was not a christian at all any longer and that I had made the best decision of my life when I decided that the belief system that it was just did not suit me as my life moved forward.
I was raised Christian. Being African American, I knew the Bible as literal. Whatever the Bible said I was raised to practice it. Until recently I lost my belief in God soley due to the lack of evidence. As I studied the histricy of the characters the more I felt betrayed. As much as it hurts I feel better to know truth. The Truth is Jesus never existed...All made up... spinning from God's like Christ..
For lack of a better term I was a quasi-non-denominational evangelical Christian. I belonged to a group called the IFCA (Independent Fundamental Churches of America), typically branded as "Bible Churches". It wasn't a true denomination in the sense that all the churches were individually governed, although they did subscribe to the same doctrinal statement.
I was raised Baptist and changed to Presbyterian when I got married. (My mother thought it was a satan cult.) I actually was studying to be a missionary. I believed that all religions were just cultural understandings of the same thing. As I studied I realized that it was all politics and a means of population control.
My parents were United Methodist missionaries to Haiti. I accepted it as default, but became increasingly disenchanted with their illogical doctrine..i.e. "god controls everything and everything that happens is his will," and "god will punish you for sin, or not doing enough good deeds."
Raised Catholic (I’m 1/2 Italian). Can you guess why I’m here?
Did you find it all illogical? or an atheist uncle?