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Has anyone who embraced the philosophy of skepticism ever converted to a religion?
I know some atheists who converted to theistic religions. I know some theists who converted to atheistic religions... but I've never met a Skeptic who converted to any religion.
Has there been any?
(please note that Anthony Flew never converted to a religion... only to Deism - which has no religion).
6 Answers
- Dee-CeeLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
They are already religious from my perspective.
Religion has absolutely nothing to do with God or spirituality from my perspective, it is a set of habits that are consistent.
Skepticism, Atheistic and Theist are all religious in one way or another.
Example, lets take Catholicism. Now, at face value that is not my personal definition of religious. At a Catholic mass, the people are instructed to stand, sit, kneel, eat communion, hail Mary, etc... all of these practices are done religiously, in order, the same time every time.
Example: a Skeptic will usually become skeptical of a new idea or suggestion on action religiously because s/he is skeptical.
Example: Yahoo answers will award me 2 points religiously when I submit this answer.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Perhaps to Buddhism, but they wouldn't follow mainstream Buddhism because they'd be too skeptical of the supernatural claims and cultural influences to take it as it is. However I've met spiritual people who call themselves atheist/non-religious while doing buddhist meditation as well as yoga on a heightened level that many religious followers haven't acheived; if Buddhism's a philosophy non-religion religion then I'd say I've met some, in a way.
- Super AtheistLv 71 decade ago
From what I've seen, those who allege that they became theists after being atheist did nothing of the sort. They were never atheists - they simply hadn't previously worked out what they believed.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Only during Grateful Dead Concerts...
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Skeptics are people who are SO open-minded their brain falls out.