Believers and atheists: Did you convert from one religion to another, or from religion to no religion?

I was born and raised a Seventh Day Adventist Christian. However, I often attended Luthern Church, sometimes attended Chruch of Christ with a friend, and attended Assembly of God for youth group meetings. Today I follow in the Seventh Day Adventist church. My biggest reason is the fact I agree with Saturday worship not Sunday worship. I do believe that some people from every church will be in heaven; God doesn't point fingers and tell that He will save only those in a given church. There are many good Baptize Christians as Lutherans, and I believe that even yes, Mormons and Jehovah's Whiteness make good Christians.

That said: I hated the church that I grew up going to, and made it crystle clear that I couldn't wait until I was old enough to go to a church I wanted to be a member at. After I got married my husband and I shopped for churches with in the SDA faith. As we both believe we are in the right church.

In my mind, a church should teach the Bible both old and new testaments, all ten commandments, Jesus and His second coming and be acceptable of who a person is and where there walk is with Christ.

I've gone to church all my life, but just recently I started actually examining the idea of God a lot..and really thinking about it in a philosophical and logical way as well. The relationship that came from that between God and I is something that can't be labeled really as a religion, because it's a lot more than just a religion. It is, in fact, a relationship. I'm Evangelical though, and that's the religion that I find best for me =P I love it....my life has so much meaning now. I think when people here Evangelical they immediately think about people going and preaching to people trying to tell them what to believe but that's not really what my church is all about. Anyway, good luck! =]

I was raised Catholic but never really bought the whole religion thing. It was when my Dad passed away that I realized that no matter what I believe in, life still goes on and I shouldn't let religion have anything to do with my life. I was a strong capable woman and I was in the driver's seat, not some fictional being. I have never been happier.

I have believed in God for as long as I can remember... it just seems like He was always there in my life. I always knew there was a powerful force at work that could only be felt and not seen (unless you know how to look for it). One day, when I was about 10 years old, I was crossing the street to go to my friends house. I stopped in the middle of the street and told God that I would always follow Him and love Him. It was totally out of the blue, but the most defining moment of my life, because I knew He was right there with me in the middle of the street... and He's never left my side!

I spent 9 years in a Catholic school, followed by a long, independent spiritual search. Throughout all of that, I also spent time studying various branches of science. At the end of it, I found some common ground between my sensibilites and Buddhism, but logic prevents me from accepting the spiritual components of that particular system.

In the end, I realized that faith and reality were two different worlds...and that I was always an atheist.

I was a Baptist for years. I went to Church three times a week, attended a Christian school and read the Bible daily. When I started to ask questions about our faith and was met with such... well, venom for having the audacity to even question the tenets of our faith I started to think something was a little fishy. Why would someone preaching something that is supposed to be true be afraid of a little scrutiny? Something to hide? After that I stated to think for myself for the first time and realized that I had been duped.

I converted from Catholicism to atheism.

What caused this change was actually a series of events spanning about three years which radically changed my perspective on life. I had some rather serious mental health issues and family problems (I don't want to get too personal here), and when I turned to God...things only got worse.

Thus began my atheistic life.

That's it in a very tiny nutshell. : )

Cheers.

I converted from religion to non-religion. There is no defining moment or experience that highlights that transition. The change happened over several years and there was no single defining moment.

Not really. I never bought into it.

I was supposed to be catholic but it bored me a lot.

However, there was one time when I tried but it didn't make any bloody sense.

So my progress was something like this:

Indifference (Apatheism, I think), half-assed try and then agnostic atheism.

born and bred catholic. i've spent years studing it. i find it very logical and well thought out--it's got an answer and a reason for all of it's doctrines and beliefs. it's got its faults, but i think that overall, it's the best religion ou there.