former religions?

[Deidre32]

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

Same path for me, too.

 

[bluegreysky]

Ok well not me because I was always a christian or at the very least "on the fence about it"...
..

..But since we have these threads about past religion and one about mormons, I'll tell you what-
go down to our local thrift shop, go look at the wall of old donated books and you will see at least 30 copies of "the Book of Mormon"
Looks like 30 teenaged guys walking door-to-door wearing ties finally threw in the towel...



...and the Christian thing for me to do would probably be hope they gave up on it to go to a regular Christian church perhaps non-denominational

 

[explodingboy]

Raised Christian, free baptist I believe.

Never particularly good at religion, I find it interesting enough but I was a sceptical child.

Eventually move onto atheism after a brief agnostic stint.

These days I'm having another crack at Christianity, but not much ever changes being me.

 

[sea oat]

The short answer is: Southern Baptist to Catholic.

I went through some phases of doubt, and I'm still not immune to them, but none of them were permanent.

 

[Rhamiel]

The short answer is: Southern Baptist to Catholic.

I went through some phases of doubt, and I'm still not immune to them, but none of them were permanent.

lol I am not a convert, but one time I was with a friend who used to be an Evangelical and then became Catholic, and my other Protestant friends just assumed she was always Catholic, and when they found out she was a convert their jaws about hit the floor

 

[graciesings]

Another story here. Lutheran because my parents were, as a kid. Atheist. A little witchcraft. Came to faith in a non-denominational church and am now waiting to join the Catholic church.

Everyone thinks I'm Mennonite, Amish, or Pentecostal because of my dress. Kind of funny.

 

[Rhamiel]

Another story here. Lutheran because my parents were, as a kid. Atheist. A little witchcraft. Came to faith in a non-denominational church and am now waiting to join the Catholic church.

Everyone thinks I'm Mennonite, Amish, or Pentecostal because of my dress. Kind of funny.

I am so glad that you got away from witchcraft and came home to the Church

God be praised

 

[FredVB]

I was in the Catholic Church as a young boy with my family, when my father remarried. I responded to God as I knew how, but at the time I did not really understand the gospel of salvation. I did later as a teen, and put faith truly in Christ. Before I was twenty I was no longer in the Catholic Church, but I went to other churches of Christian friends. For a while it was an independent or nondenominational church, then a charismatic church, and over years it would still switch. I originally was avoiding denominations. But I read the Bible a great deal, and came to learn what I could of Yahweh God. I basically wound up with a Baptist church, as there is much to agree to, but not calling myself Baptist, I am rather Christian, and I share faith about what is taught from the Bible itself.

 

[graciesings]

Fred,

I would rather see you in the Baptist church with the fire of the Holy Spirit in your heart than see you staying in the Catholic church without believing anything. Do keep in mind that God gives grace from many fountains.

God bless you on your journey

 

[Saucy]

I was a militant atheist until about 19 when God literally spoke to me. But I didn't recognize His voice yet, so I went on a journey to find what exactly had happened.

I got into the occult a little bit. Nothing too serious, but got a few books on the subject and was becoming more spiritual, but something kept nagging at me and the fear of something was building.

I told a friend about the journey of what happened and the voice I heard and he asked me to go to church with him and I did. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life and that fear went away.

I still struggled the next few years because becoming a Christian went against everything I once believed to be true and real. I truly became a new creation. The church was non-denominational and I've been in that church ever since.

I really haven't gone out of my way to learn the differences between each denomination because I don't like how the church is so split up. We shouldn't be warring with each other over petty differences, despite my own failures in that area.

 

[Unix]

Getting more serious:

What made you change religions?

What does it matter how long exactly You've counted Yourself into a denomination? What counts is for how long You've been serious learning for example languages and reading academic level books, and perhaps what's the most important: not believing what others and priests/pastors tell You to believe. Becoming a non-conformist usually comes around 30, at least not sooner than that. If You're not religious by my age You risk just reading about religions and never practicing or believing with Your heart. At my age other things seem to be more important for most people: job, vehicle, sex; but not to me.

 

[nick garai]

Have you always been the religion you are now?

Yes

What are some different churches you have belonged to?

I have belonged to Baptists, Mennonites, Anglicans and Pentecostal churches

What made you change religions?

I left the Pentecostal church because I wanted to explore what other denominations there were out there. I left the baptist church because I found that the Mennonite church was very family oriented. I left the Mennonite church because I experienced antisemitism from Columbia Bible College and because of the history of the Mennonites during the holocaust. I now attend the Anglican church.

 

[Cearbhall]

Have you always been the religion you are now?

No. I was raised Catholic and identified as such until the age of 14-15. At that point, I abandoned doctrinal beliefs but retained standard Christian ideas and continued to identify as Christian. At 16, I decided I was either agnostic or atheist. I've been trying to go to a Unitarian Universalist church.

 

[PunkyChick]

atheist to wiccan to christian to somewhere between christian and wiccan with some atheist leanings currently.

 

[Unix]

Hello my friend, how are You?:

atheist to wiccan to christian to somewhere between christian and wiccan with some atheist leanings currently.

 

[MehGuy]

I was a militant atheist until about 19 when God literally spoke to me. But I didn't recognize His voice yet, so I went on a journey to find what exactly had happened.

I got into the occult a little bit. Nothing too serious, but got a few books on the subject and was becoming more spiritual, but something kept nagging at me and the fear of something was building.

I told a friend about the journey of what happened and the voice I heard and he asked me to go to church with him and I did. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life and that fear went away.

I still struggled the next few years because becoming a Christian went against everything I once believed to be true and real. I truly became a new creation. The church was non-denominational and I've been in that church ever since.

I really haven't gone out of my way to learn the differences between each denomination because I don't like how the church is so split up. We shouldn't be warring with each other over petty differences, despite my own failures in that area.

I cannot imagine you being a militant atheist, lol..

Although I guess people can't imagine me being a fundamental Christian (I hope, lol..)

 

[ane88]

I was raised jehovah's witness, then dabbled in the occult. Now, I'm a struggling christian.

 

[Rhamiel]

I was raised jehovah's witness, then dabbled in the occult. Now, I'm a struggling christian.

welcome to Christian Forums my dear sister in Christ

and I would like to say, I am so glad to hear that you are out of the clutches of the occult
God be praised

 

[Somber]

I was raised in a non-denominational type church, after which when I was just about in my teens we started going to some Calvary/baptist type churches. Later on when I was around 15-16 I got into the Messianic movement and after a year of that began attending Seventh Day Adventists churches...currently I'm going back to the messianic congregation and that is the closest to where I am at Spiritually as well.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I was raised in a non-denominational type church, after which when I was just about in my teens we started going to some Calvary/baptist type churches. Later on when I was around 15-16 I got into the Messianic movement and after a year of that began attending Seventh Day Adventists churches...currently I'm going back to the messianic congregation and that is the closest to where I am at Spiritually as well.

Hi there; I love the Epistle to the Hebrews; I think someone with your background could really enjoy Hebrews as a study!