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Is the over-zealousness of religion the reason many Atheists come about?

March 15th, 2010 by , under nnmj.com.

  • I know a ton of people who went to Catholic school and came out either flat out Atheist or just skeptical of all religion.

    I never agreed with the way Catholic school was done, and it seems very anti-Christian. I still am Catholic though.

    Do you also think that many Christians miss the point of Christianity? That being the betterment of the individual and man kind.


  • Possibly, Patton Oswalt sometimes jokes that "I was brought up Catholic, so I'm obviously an atheist now."


  • Quite likely. I wasn't raised Catholic, was raised Lutheran, and my family was rather strict about how I believed, including the refusal to allow any innocent questions I might've had about my faith.

    I am now agnostic.

    I seem to have noticed, both in my personal experience as well as elsewhere, that when a person is raised in a repressive or overly strict atmosphere in terms of religion, they tend to turn away from it because people were so overbearing about it. Those that were raised in open, accepting homes tend to stick with their religion because they were given a chance to choose it instead of being forced like I was.

    I do agree that a lot of Christians miss the point of their faith. Instead of being about peace, compassion, hope, and comfort, they go around preaching fire and brimstone and how everyone's a sinner doomed to hell unless they repent. That's not what Christ was talking about, punishing people who were different.

    Quite the opposite, considering he hung around tax collecters and prostitutes, both highly hated professions at his time. If he wanted to punish people who were different, he wouldn't have been giving these folks comfort, hope, and forgiveness like he did.

    Yes, a lot of Christians have missed the point and need to get back to charity and forgiveness instead of finding fault with every little thing in this world.


  • It's a start, but logically speaking, just because one religion is completely wrong doesn't mean gods don't exist. Of course, the wrongness of a religion makes you ask yourself, if there really is a god why are all of the people who worship it so messed up?

    By the way, the point of Christianity is not to better yourself and mankind. The point is for you to gain your personal salvation while everyone else just rots in hell.

    Giz


  • I'm sure that's one reason, but there are certainly other reasons.
    Sometimes reason is the reason.







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