I Lost My Religion

I have never felt that I have had a niche or place in this world... I've always felt as if, to quote a Beach Boys song, "I just wasn't made for these times."
A quick disclaimer before I start this... I am NOT trying to start some...

I started questioning some things from the bible when i was probably 13. My family is extremely religious. I was in church at least 3 times a week and heavily involved. I was brainwashed to the MAX. It was never about happiness for...

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I never really had a religion that I felt was truly "mine." But I grew up pretty conservative, going to church every time the doors were open.
I was able to go through the motions just fine...

I am "anti" evil, abuse, corruption, greed, murder, robbery, etc. I believe in teaching a person to be totally self sustainable and to defend oneself!
If the faithful Jewish people targeted by the cowardly, spineless, nazi regime...

I was born and raised as a Christian. I went to church every Sunday, went to a Christian elementary-high school, and am now going to a Christian university. But around a month ago, I saw this movie called Zeitgeist. It's a...

I believed in god and I would pray before I went to sleep every night. I even tried to be baptized and what not. But once I got older I started seeing the hypocrisy and judgmental imbeciles. For a while I was an athiest and didn't want...

I have been an admitted atheist for over 10 years, and prior to that, I didn't believe but wouldn't admit it. Up until about 1991, I used to "pray". To me prayer is really more hoping inside, or just talking to yourself trying to figure...

I was raised muslim, but I really struggle with organized religion and I can't help but feel that so much of it is bullcrap. All of the stories, rituals, pray 5x a day...I feel like I've been forced to do these things and it is...

Music is my religion now. I figured religion is whatever makes you feel better or higher than what you are now. Or gives you a sense of being. Listening to the Nightmare Before Christmas always gives me a sense of self and calmness that...

What came to be regarded as Western religion is actually something alien to my lands. Christianity is actually alien to a lot of lands around the world. By and large it is has not been a religion of peace and love, not matter how much...

I'll just state this now and get it out of the way, I have no problems with religion itself. I didn't leave my religion because it was too hard or illogical, or because I'm an Atheist.

The reason I lost my religion was because I felt I...

Hello, I want you to know that I am 13 years old and live in a Christian-based community. I don't have a religion.

When I was 0-3, me and my single mother were piscipalians(sp?) buuuuutttttt my step father was Jewish so we changed to...

I come from a non believing family,
but found christianity myself and had many good experiences and memories.
However I have started taking drivers licence and after having failed 6 tests I lost all faith.
I prayed, went to church...

God created us because he wanted the perfect pet and the other animals weren’t doing it for him. Unfortunately "we" messed it up by listening to the talking snake and eating from the tree of knowledge of goodness and evil...

Hi everyone. I am nervous about posting - I dont know why, but I am.

It is Christmas today and I find myself thinking about what I believe. For the past two or three years, my faith has wavered.

A short synopsis of my life: like so...

i have been thinking a lot lately about religion. i never went to church as a child, but i was baptized catholic and celebrate catholic holidays. we never really discussed "God" or "Jesus" as a family. i do have my own beliefs, but i...

I was brought up catholic. I always asked questions, but I didn't seriously start questioning my religion of my upbringing until I was around 15. I was to be confirmed in the catholic church. The ironic thing is, the confirmation was...

Let me say that I do take my hat off to the great ministers that I have met over the years at various congregations. It takes a special type of person with unlimited patience, perseverence and most of all an extremely thick skin to...

There is a lot of talk about the United Church of Canada (UCC) and its rapidly declining membership.

The UCC has most recently taken a position of Israeli settlements, and other hot topic issues such as environment, gay rights...