former religions?

[Rhamiel]

Have you always been the religion you are now?

What are some different churches you have belonged to?

What made you change religions?

as for myself, I have always been a Catholic but I like to learn about other religions.

 

[Isambard]

Catholic-> nondom Christian-> Unitarian-> Deist-> Agnostic-> Atheist

What a wild ride its been.

 

[MehGuy]

Christian> Fire and brimestone Christian> Agnostic > Atheist..

 

[Rhamiel]

MehGuy, do you mind me asking what denomination you were a member of?

you have mentioned several times that you used to be a Christian but I never knew what church

 

[scraparcs]

Another one on the trip from Christian to non-theist. Went along the quite common path of trying to believe, lacking faith, and accepting non-theism. If I were ever to go back, Catholicism was definitely the Christian flavor with which I could most readily identify emotionally.

 

[Nanopants]

I went from Baptist -> Agnostic -> Independent Christian (not part of any denomination). I tried going to a non-denom church for a little while after reconverting, but it wasn't a very serious commitment to the group.

 

[MehGuy]

MehGuy, do you mind me asking what denomination you were a member of?

you have mentioned several times that you used to be a Christian but I never knew what church

I was told growing up that we were non-denominational. I never really took the time to study various sects. I mostly did my own thing and came to my own beliefs, I never had a name for them.

When I lost my faith as a Christian I actually wanted to start my own religion, yet my atheism made that impossible, lol.

If I had to do it all over again I'd probably look more into Catholicism. Sadly my father always bad mouthed Catholicism and I never really delved deeper into it.

 

[Rhamiel]

wow, this thread is proving to be very informative

I feel so boring by comparison

 

[Bug Butt]

Grew up not really knowing much of anything because my parents never went to church, now I am an atheist.

 

[EyesOfKohl]

Christianity > Satanist/Pagan > Interest in Islam > Led me to become Messianic > Now currently Esotericism.

 

[WithLoveFromAlyssa]

Grew up to parents who were baptized catholic, but didn't practice catholicism.
They did not baptize me as an infant ( something Catholics practice) because they wanted me to 'choose my own way'
so when i grew to the age of 14 i became a non denominational christian.
I got baptized at summer camp.
I am now a conservative christian.

 

[Jupiter Drops]

Have you always been the religion you are now?

No.

What are some different churches you have belonged to?

This is the only one I've belonged to.

What made you change religions?

I've always been drawn to God and church.

 

[EazyMack]

Sinner -> Saved

 

[Owlette]

I grew up in a Baptist church. But I do not live in the south so it wasn't exactly your typical southern Baptist church. After that I went to a non-denominational church for a while. It was less "strict" but had the same core beliefs. Now I'm back at a different Baptist church.

I don't necessarily feel like I'm a Baptist though. I agree with EazyMack. I'm just a sinner who got saved by Christ and Christ alone. I just appreciate the values of the church I'm going to. If I move away someday, I'd hope to find another Baptist church, or maybe a good non-denominational church.

 

[ChildOfTheLight]

Evolution > Christianity > Follower of Christ

Been a crazy, fun, exciting, fearful life. I wouldn't change it for anything. Now I am fearless, loved and saved.

 

[Rhamiel]

Child of Light, when you say "Evolution" I assume you mean that you thought everything in the world merely came from physiological (natural) processes and you did not believe in God?

what led you to Christianity?

 

[K9_Trainer]

As a young child, I was atheist...I was not raised or exposed to religion.

5 grade I was put into a 4 squares/charismatic type Christian school and decided I wanted to go to church because my friends did, but my stepfather put me in the Mormon church.

Got baptized mormon.

Gave that up somewhere in my teens and was more non-denom Christian. Got involved in a LCMS Lutheran church for a while.

Am now agnostic/atheist with some pantheistic tendencies.

 

[Paulie079]

I've always been an evangelical Christian, but have been exposed to several different denominations.

In pre-k and also 7th and 8th grade I went to a Lutheran school. I actually went through a year of confirmation in 8th grade because it was one of the classes during the day, but didn't get confirmed.

My whole life up until college I attended a Nazarene church regularly. In college, I attended First Evangelical Free, Christian & Missionary Alliance, and independent churches. When I moved home after graduating college I attended a United Methodist Church for a year, and then in January of last year I began attending a Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) church.

Theologically, I grew up Arminian (makes sense growing up Nazarene), and then in college I became a Calvinist. I attended the United Methodist Church after graduating even though I disagree with their theology because that's where my family was going at the time, and I wanted to go to church with them. But after that year, I realized I had reached my ceiling as far as the level of involvement I could have there, and at that point moved to my current church that I absolutely love and plan to attend as long as I'm living here.

 

[Snow Bunny]

I grew up in a Lutheran family and just recently started slipping away from my faith. I really don't know what I believe in now.

 

[SnowyMacie]

I've been in the Churches of Christ my whole life. There was a while in high school where I went to a very charismatic, fundamentalist school that claimed it was "nondenominational". It felt like I was apart of a different religion.