| Stories listed by reason for joining |
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| "born again" under pressure in highschool by friend's
mother. |
Looked inward to rediscover the true religion of my folk |
0.7K |
| "forced to" applies, that's what i grew up doing/being |
Something was wrong with the big picture. |
1.9K |
| "only god gives self control" |
Massive Depression from Waste of Many, Many Years |
2.0K |
| 'moved' by the spirit at church camp. |
Taking Responsibility for My Life |
4.1K |
| a church opened nearby |
Story 0401 |
1.7K |
| a need for meaning to life and hope of life after death. |
Following Christ is Nearly Impossible |
3.8K |
| a search for the truth |
A fools paradise |
6.9K |
| a true desire to 'speak in tongues' |
Reversion is truly the way of the Dao... |
2.8K |
| a way of dealing with frustrations of being a teenager, parents,
et all. |
Church of Christ minister for 10 years - What a Waste! |
2.7K |
| about to come out of the army life seemed very dark, confusing.
wanted to see the light. |
Buying a diet plan from a fat man |
5.6K |
| acceptance |
A Curious Mind |
3.6K |
| Street Minister becomes Atheist |
4.6K |
| an friend became a christian and drug free |
It did save my life, but then I was miserable |
4.3K |
| appealed to me at a lonely flat spot of life. |
Took the time to read the Bible for myself CRITICALLY |
1.5K |
| at a very low time in my life, my brother set out to convert
me. he had me read "know why you believe." i became
convinced that the evidence for the birth, life, death and resurrection
of jesus was overwhelming. |
My Journey To Love and Freedom |
18.7K |
| at birth i was told that all other religions are the wrong ones
and told to like the church. i never did. |
Over a silly book............... |
0.8K |
| at the time, it seemed the logical thing to do. no, really, i
mean it. |
Credo, Credavi, Sum sine credo, Credabo |
15.9K |
| attended a roman catholic school and went to the boy scouts. |
Thanks for everything, John Paul. |
2.8K |
| aunt used to take me to church. that's about it, really. |
It just never made sense to me |
3.5K |
| avoid hell |
It's Hell to Believe in Hell |
4.2K |
| babtised without consent |
Awakening the druid within |
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| bapizted |
My name is Lucifer, Please take my heart. |
2.7K |
| baptised as an infant, re-confirmed at 29 |
I finally quit the fight and started living |
4.5K |
| baptised as infant |
Making my own decisions on what to believe -- or not believe |
1.6K |
| baptised at birth |
God is dead... we killed him. |
9.1K |
| baptised into it |
I think, therefore, I'm not Christian. |
1.6K |
| baptism |
From Convert to Pervert |
0.5K |
| baptized a catholic, so not really by choice |
It's not like, whoops, where'd it go? |
1.3K |
| baptized as a baby without my consent |
The Pope looks like Skeletor... |
1.8K |
| baptized as infant |
Death Cult for Sheeple |
1.1K |
| baptized at 2 months |
Realization |
0.2K |
| baptized at 2 months old and dragged to church every week by
my mother |
My long and winding journey to the truth is over |
7.4K |
| because feared hell |
islam |
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| because i always believed in a god, and i had a desire to really
want to "get close" to this god. |
Former Fundamentalist Turns Atheist After Eight Years of Belief. |
2.8K |
| because i thought if i didn't i would go to hell, forever |
the day I became a born again un-believer |
1.0K |
| because i thought jesus loved me, also parents did it, so i had
no choice |
From fundamentailst to Free Thinker |
5.4K |
| because i was bitter, hurt, and felt like a victim, like most
xtians do. |
The xtian G-d is a False One |
0.5K |
| because i was brainwashed |
Christians mess with your brain. |
2.8K |
| because i was expected to. |
Freedom from religion |
3.7K |
| because i was in a psych facility run by born-again xians who
persecuted my religion (asatru) |
Walker Between Worlds |
2.3K |
| because i was raised christian |
From Southern Baptist to Pagan |
3.6K |
| because i was scared of going to hell |
How I escaped 20 years of Christian indoctrination |
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| because i'm mentally ill. i have a severely mentally i'll brother
that brainwashed me, told me he was christ then told me he was
the anti-christ...before all that occured he told me i was going
to hell. |
My Hell Here |
2.0K |
| because it provided any answer at all to why we are here, ect. |
A sad excuse for a God |
0.8K |
| because my parents taught me that it was the correct and proper
thing to do. |
Christianity is man-made |
5.6K |
| because of my parents |
My Testimony |
11.7K |
| because of the love-talk and faked niceness of fundamentalists |
Be temperate- do not be a fundamentalist ! |
1.4K |
| becoming a christian wasn't a choice-i was taken to church from
the time i was a baby to the time i was in middle school. |
Because I've Never REALLY Been A Christian |
4.1K |
| belief reinforced with bogus josh mcdowell apologetics |
Making Contact With Reality |
0.3K |
| believed it was true |
I Was A Happy Christian |
6.9K |
| believed the bible |
The injustice of Hell at the hands of a merciful god |
5.7K |
| birth/ forced |
rational child grown |
1.0K |
| born |
A long journey |
1.1K |
| no hard feelings, just a personal realization |
2.2K |
| born and baptised |
A Hard Choice. |
3.0K |
| born and brainwashesd into it. |
Catholicism? Not for this girl! |
7.2K |
| born and raised |
How I rode the winds of morning to atheism. |
1.1K |
| I looked, and there was no truth found in you! |
3.7K |
| born and raised as such |
Story 0356 |
0.3K |
| born and raised that way |
Story 0480 |
4.0K |
| born and raised, but got more involved at the start of middle
school because i had no friends at school. |
A Very Chirstian Puberty |
5.5K |
| born catholic |
The never-ending search for prema |
2.8K |
| born in christian family |
To thine own self be true |
7.3K |
| born in the faith |
A story of disappointment |
3.2K |
| born into |
Why I Stopped Being a Christian |
2.6K |
| born into religion |
Disinfected of the Christian Meme |
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| born into a catholic family |
Into the arms of a loving God |
1.5K |
| born into a fundamentalist christian family |
Oops...we were wrong! |
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| born into a fundamentalist family |
I survived Bob Jones University |
0.4K |
| born into christian family |
Spiral |
17.8K |
| born into it |
It answers nothing & changes nothing. Sad waste of time. |
4.9K |
| "Wine Was Different Back Then" |
9.0K |
| Born Again Pagan |
2.2K |
| what i realized 2 |
2.1K |
| my freedom and its price |
2.0K |
| In the Defernse of My own Principles |
1.6K |
| Religion Schmeligion, or, Born Again Religionless |
0.9K |
| Wanna join my church? |
0.5K |
| The Supremacy of Reason |
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| All about Life's Theater |
2.1K |
| Bible Belt dun screwed up |
2.1K |
| Born Again Atheist |
2.6K |
| mental and emotional torture |
2.8K |
| A double life no more! |
4.4K |
| born into it, but fully committed at 14 just due to really believing
it, wanting to please people, and it gave me a reason to live,
an escape from my depression. |
Christianity Nearly Drove Me Insane |
12.1K |
| born into it, go figure |
Snakes and Spiders |
1.0K |
| born into it. |
It made no sense. |
3.5K |
| Concerning the Intellectual Impotence of Religion |
1.8K |
| I thought it was a metaphor or something |
1.0K |
| From ELCA To Secular Humanism |
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| born into missionary family, believed what i was told, especially
about hell. |
Missionary Kid Finally Grows Up |
9.0K |
| born into... or i thought i was |
Truth reared it's ugly head |
1.3K |
| born to a catholic family |
Looked inward to rediscover the true religion of my folk |
0.7K |
| born to a christian family |
I can't see how anyone who gives it long thought could stay christian. |
1.9K |
| born to it |
Wasted |
3.4K |
| boyfriend |
Easter-Christmas Christian turns Hindu, atheist, Catholic, deist,
atheist again |
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| brainwashed |
Good little fundy Christian boy goes terribly wrong |
5.2K |
| Pious Lies, and Assholeness of BibleGod |
3.6K |
| My name is Lucifer, Please take my heart. |
2.7K |
| Ex-United Pentecostal |
0.3K |
| brainwashed at a young age |
RELIGION ISTHE OPIATEOF THE MASSES, most definitely |
1.5K |
| brainwashed by a newly widowed mother |
Natural Born Atheist |
0.4K |
| brainwashed by it |
Born Again Pagan |
2.2K |
| brainwashing |
You didn't really need a functioning mind, did you? |
3.6K |
| brainwashing by bob jones university via local baptist church |
My Journey to and from Bob Jones University |
2.1K |
| brainwashing from birth |
Cutting out the irrelevant dead middle-guy |
1.1K |
| brainwashing from bob jones university via a local baptist church |
Bush and Jesus Got Their Own Thing Goin' |
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| brothers and sisters |
Athiest father and the church's hypocrisy |
2.2K |
| brought up as |
One of the easy deconversions |
2.0K |
| Reality shock through reading and thinking. |
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| Finally admitting the truth... |
2.3K |
| I finally realized it wasn't my fault |
1.3K |
| Making Contact With Reality |
0.3K |
| There and back again... |
10.5K |
| brought up as a christian |
Same Old Song |
1.6K |
| God, our abusive father |
0.9K |
| brought up as, or else |
I think, therefore, I'm not Christian. |
1.6K |
| brought up as/brainwashed |
those darn christians |
1.0K |
| brought up christian |
Born-Again Heathen: from Christianity to Asatru |
6.9K |
| brought up in the bible belt |
Religion simply can't stand up against plain logic. |
1.3K |
| brought up that way |
Why I left the Jehovah's Witnesses |
8.1K |
| caught in weak moment |
Lies, damn lies, and asking too many questions |
0.5K |
| childhood indoctrination |
There is only Mystery |
5.6K |
| childhood influence |
Crazy Religion |
3.4K |
| christian family |
Hypocrisy, arogance, and my personal gain |
1.5K |
| A/G Christian turned exChristian |
6.6K |
| christian kids |
Hypocrisy, arogance, and my personal gain |
1.5K |
| christian school |
Massive Depression from Waste of Many, Many Years |
2.0K |
| christian worldview and thinking permeated my household and school
(parochial schools). |
Former Pastor, Current Atheist |
1.5K |
| christianity was "it". i was "born again". |
Witnessing Asshole for an Asshole God |
1.6K |
| christianity was the philosophy/religion that i was most familiar
with. |
From apathetic Catholic, to Christian Fundamentalist, to apathetic
agnostic |
2.0K |
| church involvement |
Free at last! |
0.7K |
| coaxed by influential adults...stayed for the camaraderie of
the kids my age. |
We're all worm-bait in the end |
0.9K |
| community church involvement |
Christianity destroys hope |
1.4K |
| confusion |
a silent god |
1.5K |
| conned would be the right word |
My Testimony |
24.4K |
| convention and tradition |
Escape from a Default Religion |
0.8K |
| conversion experience |
From good little christian girl to lesbian pagan |
2.2K |
| conversion experience at meeting |
From incredible conversion experience to total atheism |
4.4K |
| converted into roman catholicism so that i could alter serve |
A Once Altar Server now serving her own altar. )O( |
3.7K |
| cradle christian |
Sh*t happens! |
1.9K |
| cs lewis narnia books |
Opposite direction |
5.5K |
| curiosity |
Story 0401 |
1.7K |
| curious |
God is a Lie / It's My Choice |
7.9K |
| deceptively nice christians tricked me. |
Story 0183 |
5.8K |
| decision was made for me |
Altar boy deprograms himself |
0.6K |
| desire to find meaning in life |
A Long, Strange Trip |
5.0K |
| despair and looking for 'hope' |
I JUST CAN'T IGNORE IT! Theological Inconsistencies, Astrological
Tendencies |
3.5K |
| desperate |
My Anti-testimony |
7.6K |
| desperately needed to be loved and accepted |
Can't Ignore the Hypocrisy and Contradiction any more.... |
1.8K |
| devout mother |
Free at last! |
0.7K |
| did not choose |
My Journey to Modern Satanism |
1.4K |
| didn't know any better |
Witnessing Asshole for an Asshole God |
1.6K |
| didn't know i had a choice |
Witnessing Asshole for an Asshole God |
1.6K |
| didn't know i had any other options. thought it was "it". |
From Born Again to UU Asatruer |
2.2K |
| easy answers |
A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
| education |
Christian to atheist to preacher and back to atheist |
9.8K |
| emotional need |
From Superstition to Reason |
8.6K |
| emotions |
Becomming a "Born-again" atheist. |
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| enjoyed mystery |
Reality shock through reading and thinking. |
|
| enjoyed serious reflection |
Reality shock through reading and thinking. |
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| From contented devotion to exhilarating freedom -- a detailed
analytical account |
12.4K |
| escapism |
To thine own self be true |
7.3K |
| esteem-bldr |
Story 0008 |
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| eventually brainwashed |
My journey... |
2.2K |
| everyone close to me was christian. |
Ex Congregational Methodist |
10.1K |
| expected |
A Curious Mind |
3.6K |
| experiencing spiritual things |
confussed xian. |
0.9K |
| extreme pressure from father, grandparents, and youth leaders |
Finding Peace and Freedom After Years of Observing Christian
Fanatacism |
8.0K |
| family |
Finding Peace and Freedom After Years of Observing Christian
Fanatacism |
8.0K |
| My Deconversion |
5.5K |
| G-d can not be himself and his son all at once... |
1.4K |
| the new messiah |
0.6K |
| Athiest father and the church's hypocrisy |
2.2K |
| Death of Faith |
2.6K |
| family and friends wanted me to |
A story of disappointment |
3.2K |
| family and i went to catholic school for my whole life |
Bunch of hypocrites |
2.3K |
| family tradition |
A Curious Mind |
3.6K |
| family upbringing |
Devout Christian to Devout Pagan |
2.4K |
| family, but when i was 17 was in a church group, and when i was
20-21 dated a christian |
I value Reason more than Wishful Thinking |
1.6K |
| father a pastor |
"Wine Was Different Back Then" |
9.0K |
| fear |
Patheon of Gods |
2.3K |
| Woke up |
1.1K |
| fear of dying |
Saved From Chritianity at Biola University |
4.7K |
| fear of god |
RELIGION ISTHE OPIATEOF THE MASSES, most definitely |
1.5K |
| fear of hell |
My Spiritual Journey |
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| Former Poster Girl For Christianity |
4.5K |
| Glad to be free of the biblical God |
5.9K |
| Pious Lies, and Assholeness of BibleGod |
3.6K |
| The Christian Meme Exposed |
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| Disinfected of the Christian Meme |
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| Once a fundamentalist asshole, now a gay atheist |
12.2K |
| A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
| fear of hell, hope for a better life |
Modern Job |
2.5K |
| fear, feeling right |
there is no sin . . . only I can forgive myself |
7.2K |
| fear, guilt and the desire to be "better" than i was. |
Ex-Pentecostal - Now Freedman |
4.5K |
| feeling of being approved by god |
From contented devotion to exhilarating freedom -- a detailed
analytical account |
12.4K |
| felt forced |
My reasons for leaving. |
0.4K |
| felt it made sense and it gave understanding and peace in a chaotic
world. |
Awakened by reason and honesty |
4.2K |
| for a sense of safety, family, security and belonging. i came
from a very violent dysfunctional family. |
xtianity almost drove me insane |
10.4K |
| force |
Started to think with logic |
0.8K |
| forced from birth |
How Joe Became An Atheist |
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| forced to by mother |
Christian mother abused me horribly |
5.3K |
| forced to by mother - you know, that passed down from generation
to generation without anyone in line kicking back and saying,
"wtf is this?" thing! |
siamese twins joined at the head and dinosaurs! |
3.6K |
| forced to in childhood |
My Journey |
0.7K |
| forced upon me by parents |
I think, therefore, I'm not Christian. |
1.6K |
| friends |
"Losing My Religion"--again |
3.4K |
| Christianity destroys hope |
1.4K |
| hypocritical doctrine and followers |
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| Beware of God |
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| friends went |
Story 0008 |
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| friends who were jesus people |
A Long, Strange Trip |
5.0K |
| friendship |
My journey... |
2.2K |
| friendship.family |
Christians made me feel worthless |
0.5K |
| fundamentalist high school |
A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
| genetic predisposition to religiosity |
A Long, Strange Trip |
5.0K |
| get friends |
Good little fundy Christian boy goes terribly wrong |
5.2K |
| get out of drugs |
The injustice of Hell at the hands of a merciful god |
5.7K |
| girls brigade |
Story 0203 |
4.3K |
| go along with christian friend |
better off Without it |
3.3K |
| god sounded helpful |
My Spiritual Journey |
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| grandfather, and two uncles are lutheran pasters. i was raised
as such, and believed i was damned if i didn't follow. |
Black Sheep Ex Christian |
1.7K |
| grandmother a founding member of cult. |
"Wine Was Different Back Then" |
9.0K |
| grandmother's influence. |
There and back again... |
10.5K |
| grew up in it |
Why I Left |
21.8K |
| Good little fundy Christian boy goes terribly wrong |
5.2K |
| Outgrowing Religion |
4.2K |
| grew up into it |
Pretty boring |
1.5K |
| grew up with it |
No beliefs are better than false beliefs. |
0.3K |
| grew up with it. |
Doubt and critical mass: how much is too much? |
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| grew up, but also by rational choice (studied theology, philosophy,
also post-graduate social & natural sciences) |
xtian to KARAITE Judaism without Talmud or Rabbis |
0.6K |
| guilt |
The injustice of Hell at the hands of a merciful god |
5.7K |
| Liberation and Cruelty |
2.0K |
| Teen Challenge |
2.0K |
| You didn't really need a functioning mind, did you? |
3.6K |
| had it forced on me by my family |
Story 0436 |
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| had no choice |
what i realized 2 |
2.1K |
| found it to be confusing, irrational. |
0.5K |
| Story 0356 |
0.3K |
| had no choice and were no other options |
The Christian Meme Exposed |
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| had no choice in the matter |
Judeo-Christians: Tyranny and Evil |
7.0K |
| had no other choices |
Disinfected of the Christian Meme |
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| healing experience |
Liberated from Abusive, Religious Childhood |
1.1K |
| heavy family pressure |
Born-Again Heathen: from Christianity to Asatru |
6.9K |
| helped me make sense out of life |
A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
| historical evidence |
Not wanting to be a hypocrite |
3.1K |
| honestly because i was terrified of hell. |
Leaving Fundamentalism |
3.4K |
| honestly, because i didn't want to end up in hell. |
Prayer didn't work/could no longer ignore discrepancies &
contradictions |
5.8K |
| hope and that jesus loved me |
Deconversion due to reasoning/ faith didnt help |
3.8K |
| i am not really sure- maybe the threat of hell made me scared
into praying. |
Wanted to believe |
2.8K |
| i became a christian because i thought it would be productive
and that they offered real spiritual guidance. |
Sin is a Lie. Only God the Parent Guides Me Now |
1.5K |
| i became a christian because it appealed to my necessity for
security, family and intellectual growth. |
Maker, maker what are you? |
4.5K |
| i believe it all. |
The blue or the red pill (the Matrix) |
1.1K |
| i believed it and i was raised to be a christian. |
From Christianity to Atheism |
9.4K |
| i believed the gospel message, and i wanted what i believed jesus
had to offer |
Why I am an Atheist |
12.5K |
| i committed to what i believed in, ie the christian way of life
as was inscribed upon my heart. |
SILENT ABUSERS |
1.4K |
| i did like want myself and i thought that if someone loved me
i would be able to love myself. |
Tim Foust: Why I left faith |
16.9K |
| i did not choose |
From Convert to Pervert |
0.5K |
| i didn't have a choice my mom raised me catholic |
I COULDN'T believe in Jesus |
1.7K |
| i don't know. |
Tired of seeing good people suffer. |
1.0K |
| i envied his new freedom and faith |
It did save my life, but then I was miserable |
4.3K |
| i felt my life spinning out of control. my life was directionless,
found myself pregnant and unmarried after a failed marriage.
thought jesus was the answer. |
BIBLE CONTRADICTIONS, ERRORS & LIES |
3.1K |
| i felt the need to feel guilt free |
Escape from fear |
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| i guess that i was just seeking a more coherent meaning to life
and man's purpose |
From apathetic Catholic, to Christian Fundamentalist, to apathetic
agnostic |
2.0K |
| i had friends there. |
From Nice AoG Girl to Nice Vodoun Witch |
0.4K |
| i had neighbors willing to drive me to church after they "saved"
me |
From Nice AoG Girl to Nice Vodoun Witch |
0.4K |
| i had no choice |
I've seen the light! |
5.5K |
| Atheist |
0.6K |
| i had no knowledge or experience |
God is Absolute Pure Evil - Hail Tiamat and Apzu |
2.3K |
| i knew there was something bigger than me "out there"
and thought that could only be jesus |
From Nice AoG Girl to Nice Vodoun Witch |
0.4K |
| i never was one... only expected to be one |
The Thin Invisible Line |
1.0K |
| i prayed the prayer and was speaking in tongues when i was 3. |
sex saved me from religion |
8.1K |
| i really didn't become one formally (not baptized). it was my
mother's church of choice. we went there. |
The childish and primitive nature of Christianity |
1.4K |
| i really never "became" one, i was just encouraged
to accept the faith of my mother (christian science), but she
later became a "medium" and involved in rakia therapy,
holistic healing, metaphysics, etc., before her death. |
A Good Source |
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| i resonated with the nt stories. it made sense to me then.
i found jesus's life and death great poetry. it gave me peace
when thinking about death. |
A Pastor's Step Into Rational Thought |
6.2K |
| i saw the pure love and goodness of god through jesus christ |
Expecting Great Things but Receiving Hardship and Confusion |
3.9K |
| i sincerely was seeking truth and decided to believe. |
My Rejection of Religion (after years of being a Christian) |
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| i started out that way. |
God .vs. Organized Religion |
3.3K |
| i stuck with it growing up fearing hell. |
God creating a world to burn in Hell ... way to go!! |
2.8K |
| i though it was true |
How I Became An Atheist. |
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| i thought i needed religion, and after exploring theosophy, buddisim,
hare krishna, witchcraft, etc. i finally got around to the religion
i was raied in, catholic. |
No More Fake Friends |
30.5K |
| i thought it was a religion of love. |
no love or world changing truth in the church. |
1.0K |
| i turned to christianity during a very hard time during my life
when my father lost his business & my mother had been diagnosed
with breast cancer |
Lucky me, I'm finally free! |
5.1K |
| i wanted new friends. |
Story 0183 |
5.8K |
| i wanted to find an expression for my love for others. i believed
i would become more compassionate by being a christian |
I Left Because it Supported Hate |
0.9K |
| i wanted to follow the teachings of the desert mystics--their
understanding of love. |
I Left Because it Supported Hate |
0.9K |
| i was a confused teenager in search of spirituality |
A rebirth |
1.7K |
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1.0K |
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2.5K |
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Story 0500 |
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1.0K |
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0.9K |
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6.5K |
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19.0K |
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Same Old Song |
1.6K |
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0.5K |
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4.1K |
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Story 0403 |
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2.8K |
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Escape from Messianic Judaism |
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2.0K |
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1.5K |
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2.0K |
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| mom took me to church as a baby. |
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12.4K |
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1.1K |
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16.2K |
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0.9K |
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0.6K |
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4.3K |
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0.5K |
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1.3K |
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2.2K |
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2.8K |
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The Roman Empire stole my religion! |
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2.4K |
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1.5K |
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0.2K |
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Satan God or Schizoaffective Disorder 295.7 |
128.5K |
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3.3K |
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1.6K |
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9.8K |
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3.9K |
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I looked, and there was no truth found in you! |
3.7K |
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14.6K |
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Escape From Jews for Jesus |
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VERITAS ODIT MORAS |
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I Went Postal |
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1.5K |
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2.3K |
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4.8K |
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| parents |
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2.2K |
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7.4K |
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3.1K |
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1.8K |
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4.7K |
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3.1K |
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3.1K |
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2.0K |
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4.5K |
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Christian to atheist to preacher and back to atheist |
9.8K |
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No, I'm Not a Christian -- Not Anymore! |
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I finally realized it wasn't my fault |
1.3K |
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I finally realized it wasn't my fault |
1.3K |
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4.4K |
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2.7K |
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Story 0508 |
1.0K |
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3.6K |
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2.3K |
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How I left Christianity for Islam |
5.5K |
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Condemnation |
2.0K |
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My journey of discovery. |
1.0K |
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Street Minister becomes Atheist |
4.6K |
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The Christian Meme Exposed |
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| public school let me down |
A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
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3.9K |
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4.4K |
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1.1K |
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1.2K |
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0.7K |
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1.0K |
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0.9K |
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0.7K |
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0.6K |
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0.6K |
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0.5K |
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0.3K |
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0.2K |
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3.1K |
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8.9K |
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2.8K |
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5.8K |
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2.0K |
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2.4K |
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Christian dogma did not and will not survive critical examination |
1.1K |
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0.2K |
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Story 0394 |
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1.1K |
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1.1K |
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why i left ALL of chrsitianity |
2.5K |
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Embarrased |
0.5K |
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Religion simply can't stand up against plain logic. |
1.3K |
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2.4K |
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trying to get free |
3.6K |
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A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
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Gnostism |
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| read a bible tract. |
Fundalmentalist Christian for 27 years |
9.8K |
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Fundalmentalist Christian for 27 years |
9.8K |
| recognized that if true it deserved my highest devotion |
From contented devotion to exhilarating freedom -- a detailed
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12.4K |
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2.6K |
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Reality Shock |
1.0K |
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God is a Lie / It's My Choice |
7.9K |
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1.2K |
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3.4K |
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1.7K |
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27.1K |
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0.6K |
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1.6K |
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10.5K |
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0.3K |
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Same Old Song |
1.6K |
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Questions which I could no longer ignore.... |
1.0K |
| scared of hell |
A Journey into Skepticism |
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A fools paradise |
6.9K |
| search for truth |
Looked for heaven, found hell |
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| searching for "truth" |
Ex-Christadelphian |
1.1K |
| searching for acceptance |
hypocritical doctrine and followers |
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| searching for hope in a hopeless world. |
Katrina |
3.3K |
| searching for meaning |
My Post-Christian Testimony |
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| searching for meaning in life and purpose |
Can't Ignore the Hypocrisy and Contradiction any more.... |
1.8K |
| searching for truth |
GOD ROT |
39.1K |
| seduced by appearance of certainty |
How I Got the Hell Out of Religion |
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| seeking 'family' |
Can't Ignore the Hypocrisy and Contradiction any more.... |
1.8K |
| seeking inner joy and peace |
How I Got the Hell Out of Religion |
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| seemed a natural thing to do. |
Taking Responsibility for My Life |
4.1K |
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Fundamentalism Screwed Up My Religion |
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| seemed to inherit it from parent's wishes. |
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A decade of disillusionment |
14.3K |
| sept. 11, empty life, afraid of hell |
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1.7K |
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christians r elitist liars, gossips w/no conscience |
1.0K |
| social |
I finally realized it wasn't my fault |
1.3K |
| social pressure. (it lasted maybe three days.) |
To be a good person. |
5.4K |
| social status/acceptance |
My Deconversion |
5.5K |
| soical reasons such as friends |
Freethinker prefer reason over 2000 year old book |
2.3K |
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Dishonest Bullies |
0.4K |
| spiritual searching |
My journey... |
2.2K |
| stepmother |
The power of the book and life. |
1.5K |
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| subjection to family (extended family as well) influence |
Free from it all |
9.1K |
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1.5K |
| superiority |
there is no sin . . . only I can forgive myself |
7.2K |
| surrounded by christians |
From Southern Baptist to Sorta Reform Jew |
5.8K |
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Mad Hatter's Tea Party |
6.2K |
| taken to church by my parents |
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2.2K |
| temporary insanity. |
A Weight Lifted |
2.5K |
| the christians i met in college were nice to me and cared about
me (or so i thought!) |
My Ex-Tian-Mony |
0.8K |
| the morals and ethics of christianity were appealing |
No manifestation of God |
2.0K |
| the prospect of heaven after death |
Disinfected of the Christian Meme |
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| the religious practices came with the family. |
Inherited Mythology |
0.5K |
| then my mother left the church because of divorce and i was confirmed
ucc at 13 |
I've seen the light! |
5.5K |
| they scared me by telling me i was going to hell, and i didn't
know enough to question. |
Coming to grips with a childhood question. |
1.7K |
| thought christianity true and loving |
Reality shock through reading and thinking. |
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| thought christianity was it |
I couldn't get the bible to line up with Christian doctrine!! |
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| thought it was true |