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>What do you have believe in?
Humans being humans.
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>What do you think about Christians and the bible
Religious people, believing in a written down “holy” text, that is considered to be some sort of devine word of god, but in reality changed very often (even today most people just like A PARTICULAR VERION) that contradicts the reality we live in – fucking retards.
Also I never came across religious people who actually believed in their shit.
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>Was/is your family Christian
yes, no, my brother still is. Which is moronic in its own ways. He is catholic and gay. wtf. At least go for the dudes who accept you.
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>What changed/made your opinion
The thing that brings all religion down:
observable reality
Edit:
To clarify, I dont care if you believe in fucking stupid and obviously proven false fairytales. Its your choice as an adult. I dont care. I dont care if you drink yourself to death or smoke or w/e, too.
But as soon as you try to force your bullshit, your rules onto other, we are going to have the same problem that a smoker blowing smoke in my face would have.
I am a Christian. I think a lot of Christians handle faith *very* poorly, but the Bible itself is filled with truth that I couldn’t have imagined until I actually started reading it. My family is pretty split on Christianity, varying from immense faith to complete unbelief, but that doesn’t really cause any issues with us.
What made my decision? I was really in the shits with life and decided to give church another try. I was overcome with this sense of peace and I knew it was the Lord. I begged him to save me and since then things have just worked out for the best. It’s not always immediately apparent, but I have seen him work in my life and it’s fascinating. It’s hard to go back after witnessing it firsthand.
>What do you have believe in?
To be a good person and serve your community
>What do you think about Christians and the bible
Idiots
>Was/is your family Christian
Nope, it always surprises me when I meet any religious person. I tend to distrust their judgement.
>What changed/made your opinion
I don’t really know I’ve always thought like this. I remember at school we would do a bit about different religions and sign hymns in assembly and I remember being about 7 or 8 and this kid talking about God. I remember thinking “shit this mug actually believes this” and being really surprised.
If you mean 6 ppl are just finding out that it was all just a big scam.
Gen X. Religion has no place in my life. I don’t believe in god or an afterlife. Was raised Catholic. Altar Boy.
I’m 21. I know maybe 3-4 religious people my age. I respect them as people and friends, but I don’t respect their ludicrous beliefs, the same way I don’t respect beliefs in astrology or any supernatural mumbo jumbo.
Religion is disappearing because people are increasingly less ignorant, and fucking good riddance
>What do you have believe in?
Existence and that being nice to other people makes existence better.
>What do you think about Christians and the bible
Varies wildly. I think most Christians just enjoy the social cohesion of church and find it reassuring to believe in a higher power.
I think the bible is just a [relatively] modern collection of various letters and stories that were collected and combined
>Was/is your family Christian
Was. I grew up very strict protestant. I think my father is the only one practicing, not sure though since I don’t talk to him.
>What changed/made your opinion
I grew up and realized God (assuming he exists) never bothered to talk back to me. No point in continuing a one-sided relationship that can be whatever I want it to be with no confirmation.
>And what generation are you?
Millennial.
In the early 80s, religion was much more prominent.. nothing would be open Sundays
My dad considered himself Jewish and my mom Christian but neither were practicing except for Christmas though they both grew up attending service regularly
Materialsm was relatively new for the boomer generation, as well as aggressive marketing which imo is as close to modern satanism as you can get and they seemed to be addicted to falling for it
There was a lot that was upsetting around our upbringing and we struggled to square away all the emotions, never actually succeeding to just as our parents neglected to in themselves
My parents had been avoiding everything unpleasant inside them, running from it and buying things to feel better. They couldn’t help their children with almost anything beyond food clothing and shelter, as it stunted their growth
One of the first and worst lessons my dad taught me was we don’t have to do spiritual work in caring for our emotions or feelings if we have money to buy ourselves stuff, to make ourselves feel better that way.. if we felt awful because we were being harmed at a care giver, parents would insist it was our fault — if they could convince their 4 year old of this then they wouldnt have to feel the pain of failing their responsibility, they then put us somewhere else that was often worse and get us a toy so they wouldnt have to see a negative look on our face, but the negativity accumulated and when that stopped working they would be angry with us, call us spoiled.. though there was never any physical affection. It taught us love is material accumulation and how to hate ourselves, and to cope with a hatred for life with escapism.. that indulging distraction, entertainment, addiction was the only way. Their mentality seemed to be that being able to do this meant God had blessed us or something, and it would be offensive to not be grateful and over indulge everything we had access to
Everything was more an act around others.. we were quite feral with an act of pantomiming human decency, but the ensuing degeneration is catching up with everyone
It all felt wrong.. I became an angry atheist and didn’t have a path to feel better about anything. Overindulging in some vice just made things worse in the long run despite providing temporary relief
I was self destructing spiritually as quickly as I could simply to see what was at the end of this and where my family was headed
It all came to ahead, as lifelong crippling anxiety and depression nearly got the hest of me a few times, nearly turned me into a psychopath a handful of others.. but after a friendship taught me how to accept myself wholly as I was allowed me to feel self love for the first time and eventually found God on my own
My parents are still in pretty bad shape though…
> What do you believe in?
Nothing.
> Christians and the Bible
Christianity is a big religion. Some Christians are great, some are terrible. The Bible has some good stuff, some irrelevant stuff, and some dumb stuff.
> Is your family Christian?
Yes – they’re part of the more conservative group that split off from the Episcopal Church.
> What changed your opinion?
I had more time to think about it once I left home and joined the military, and I realized that I didn’t believe any of it.
> What generation?
Millennial.
The inter webs changed things for me
>What do you have believe in?
We are all gods here to learn a lesson we forgot and fell out of our godlyhood looking for anyways to get back what we lost. Realization of this lets you be free from shackles of the past. Telling others about this freedom is like the allegory of Plato’s cave. Bearing this cross and others will just be like crabs in a bucket ready to stab your back thinking it will bring them one step closer to godlyhood in this life.
>What do you think about Christians and the bible
It’s just stories to help guide you to living a better life to realize what you lost. You’re born in the image of God, that means you must be a god to some degree of self image. I look like my parents which are also born in the image of God. My parents basically have full control over my childhood so they may as well be all powerful, all knowing and always around me, a child. The holy spirit is the emotions that connects us all. Anger, happiness, love, sad, fear… All of them and more.
>Was/is your family Christian
Lutheran and I went to private school for a few years.
>What changed/made your opinion
Philosophy and I have always question “why?” “Why that or why this?” Why not XYZ?
>And what generation are you?
Born ’94 so whatever society says.
> what has happened to faith in your generation?
While it is easier to peddle all kinds of different bullshit to different people today, it is a lot harder to peddle a specific brand of bullshit to a large amount of people.
> What do you have believe in?
We can make the world better.
> What do you think about Christians and the bible
Christians are either cool aid drinkers or cool aid peddlers. And the bible is cool aid.
> Was/is your family Christian
Sure. Three generations ago.
> What changed/made your opinion
I never was indoctrinated as a kid.
> And what generation are you?
Gen X
My parents are Christian’s I am also but we have varying beliefs about the bible
Gen Y
I understand religion as everything that is blindly followed as unnegotiable truth by its followers. I believe that all religions are evil, usually being a tool for group of people for using goodness of their “sheep”. I see it as a mean for manipulation and removal of critical thinking in the followers and getting rich scheme. I believe that people are mainly mammals, but with higher intelligence, which makes as good, but easy to manipulate, as we do everything to survive and have a need to be part of a group. I believe in science and that only being open can solve a conflict. I am agnostic, while I am sure that there is no religion on earth, which is right about things, as all of them make no sense.
My family is Christian and I was raised Christian. My opinion was changed due to Catholic Church wrongdoings in the past and currentengagement in politics, killing of people who want to change religion in Islamic countries, as well as cutting any discussion, labeling as heretic/phobic and sometimes attacking anybody who wants to discuss with nazis/leftist/communist/conservative fanatics.
I see no value in faith. You either have good reasons to believe in something, or you don’t.
I think religions in general are simply a way of controlling people,especially the downtrodden. My parents weren’t particularly religious,but we went to church when I was young and I married a girl who was somewhat religious. I’m not sure when I became an atheist,but at 68 that’s how I see myself. One of my sisters and my daughter in law are very religious so I try not to step on any toes about it,but my personal experience with the highly religious has been that I’m being conned lol
i believe in nothing/science
it’s all a made up story we came up with to cope with death
My family is christian
I was 13 and one morning i was thinking. I was into astronomy. and i thought how it was funny that christians used to insist the solar system was earth centered but it was really sun centered. and i thought about how many things the church insisted was true but once we had scientific data they had to changed their views
I wondered how many other things we’ve yet to discover that the church will need to change their stance on. like evolution, the big bang and earth’s creation.
it just made sense to me that religion is like santa but for grown up. it’s a lie we tell ourselves to make the world more fun/easy
I was born 1996. I don’t see myself as a millennial or gen z really. in the cusp between both
Grew up an confirmed Lutheran. Never really believed though. I remember at a young age I absolutely hated going to church and sunday school. I would opt to do chores at home rather than go (that was a deal we made at some point).
It wasn’t until college that I really learned about the vast number of other religions out there and that solidified my disbelief. The odds that Christianity got it right out of all the other people who think THEY know the Truth… is basically zero.
All faiths can’t be valid and there’s no way to determine which one is valid, so they’re all invalid as far as I am concerned.
I’m Gen X. Born in the 70’s.
What do I believe? I believe that the universe is more complex than we can possibly imagine (much less get right). I believe I’ll see what happens after death when I die. Speculating on it is pointless.
> What do you believe in?
To live in accordance with my culture’s principles of harmony and beauty.
> What do you think about Christians and the Bible?
My early experiences with Christians were overwhelmingly negative and at the same time especially positive; it’s a confusing mix. The Bible is what is what it is; a curated collection of books from the 4th century early church.
> Was/is your family Christian?
Mom was Methodist but her last time in church was decades ago. Father is baptized Catholic but has only entered churches for funerals or weddings. Brothers are atheist/agnostic. Sister is Buddhist. Pockets of my extended family are one flavor of Christian or another.
> What changed/made your opinion?
A lot of little things over the years.
> What generation are you?
Millennial
There is no hate like christian love.
Millennial: At some point when I was in high school in the early 00s, the pastor at our local church started going **hard** on the anti-gay shit and my dad told my siblings and I that we didn’t have to keep going to church with him if we didn’t want to. None of us have ever been back.
GTFO
I believe in the Bible and the unity of believers, as revealed by the Holy Spirit.
I like Christians. The Bible is my book and the template for my life. I just disagree with a lot of Christians on their interpretation.
My family is Christian. The way I was raised has driven me closer to God, not in the way they’d like.
What changed my opinion? Long story. I saw my parents inflict misery and suffering on their kids with simplistic understandings of the Bible. So I stopped listening to them and started reading the Bible.
What generation am I? I’m just guessing, but roughly 104 generations from Adam.
I’m Atheist. Think most in my generation are still religious but honestly I don’t ask because I couldn’t care less.
Faith is just a concept made up so whenever you questioned how something worked in your religion you’d just be told to have faith instead of having to think logically at all. If you believe in a religion you better know all about how it works instead of letting some old fuck tell you to stop asking questions and just have “faith”. Not making much use of your free will if you let that single word stop you from finding answers, I sure as hell didn’t let it stop me.
Christian. It’s ok. Yes, my family is Christian. Some views changed but still believe. Dunno the generation but I’m 25.
The internet has made scientific knowledge publicly available and debunked every religion
Millenial here
I’m an Atheist
Christianity is an organization that gains power by making people feel guilty and fear, then it uses sex to persecute people outside their group
No
My opinion hasn’t really changed it was formed by seeing the actions of religious organizations
I believe in my gods and the spirits of the world around me.
I despise Christians and their wretched book. They are a plague on my country.
My grandparents were Christians, my parents agnostics.
What changed my opinion? Time in the wilderness, listening.
Late Gen X, early Millennial, depending who you ask.
> What do you have believe in?
I’m Catholic, so I believe in one God and all that.
>What do you think about Christians and the bible
They are correct.
>Was/is your family Christian
Yes, mostly.
>What changed/made your opinion
I was raised in church, but I did plenty of research as an adult to determine if my beliefs were correct.
>And what generation are you?
Millennial
>What do you have believe in?
I converted to Catholicism in college. But I’m not particularly devout anymore. I might go to Mass once a month. I used to go more, but the church has a real knack at turning people off. I consult Jesus’ teachings when my conscience is conflicted.
>What do you think about Christians and the bible
I wish they’d quit telling others how to live their lives. Religion is really good for a lot of people if they feel it suits them. But telling others how to live is toxic and one of the things that annoys me about Christians. The self-righteous nosiness and the public virtue signaling. MYOB.
>Was/is your family Christian
Yes. They’re ELCA Lutheran, which is what I grew up in. My mom is a self-identified Christian socialist. Devout, socially moderate, but economically hard left. I grew up with that and had mixed feelings, but I appreciate where she comes from now and how she cuts against the grain. Dad is a cultural Christian and doesn’t get too into the churchy stuff. My sister is also culturally Christian but, like my dad, isn’t into organized religion.
>What changed/made your opinion
I have a hard time really getting into any religion that vilifies people. Which is why I largely left organized religion.
>And what generation are you?
Millennial
I believe in fate. Would call myself agnostic most of the time.
Well christianity has many sectors, some are “better” than others in my eyes but it comes down to details and honestly individuals you have any sort of interaction with. If someone wants to say grace at dinner sure, go ahead I’ll respect your choice. I just dont want to constantly hear about it. I feel the bible and a large portion of its readers are very contradictory and hypocritical.
Some yes but not really practicing
Life has changed it. Ice gone from asking God for something and receiving it to wondering why someone would have so many conditions a d allow so many awful things take place, especially to devoted followers.
Gen Z (1998)
1)I believe in science.
2)Low IQ and terrible reading.
3)No.
4) I initially thought they were just brainwashed from a young age. Lately, I started believing low IQ must be a contributing factor particularly if they continued to believe that stuff after reading the bible.
5) Millennial
USSR collapsed and religion has raised its ugly head out of dirt where it belongs.