Who here actually converted to a religion from Atheism/Agnosticism?

[crossfire]

I was a strong atheist as a child, raised in non-religious household. I enjoyed studying religions and cultures from a young age, just because it was interesting.

Now I'm a nebulous mystic.

 

[sandandfoam]

I did too.

 

[Brickjectivity]

I was a strong atheist as a child, raised in non-religious household. I enjoyed studying religions and cultures from a young age, just because it was interesting.

Now I'm a nebulous mystic.

Yeah, I suppose it is interesting.

 

[Simurgh]

I was raised in a catholic family and cannot even remember a day when I believed that a god could exist. As soon as legally possible I asked to be removed from the church registry and became an official atheist at the age of 14. I think it was the equivalent of being excommunicated.

Although, I had more than one near death experience and some rather traumatic experiences throughout my life, i do not recall one instatn when i wanted to go hide behind some god or ask one to make it better.

Anyhow, I studied religions all my life--starting when I got access to various scriptures in translation at around 11 or 12. While I do not believe that gods exist and look at religions from a structural-functional and historiocultural perspective, it is still a fascinating subject to me.

 

[Windwalker]

I visited Atheism shortly until I had sorted out what I really believed in. It's a practical stop for someone who wants to shake loose of a lifetime of outside influence.

That's an interesting and good way to put it. It holds true for me. Saying "Not this!" is a good way to clear the playing field, to take back control. Then you can sort out what really attracts you spiritually.

I was not religious growing up. Had an NDE which opened my mind, to put it mildly. Later converted to Christianity to try to find what I found spiritually through that experience. Left them and identified as an atheist for a number of years until finding an avenue to grow in my spiritual life and find atheism to be irrelevant to where I am now. I haven't converted to any religion, but you could say I'm eclectic and find Truth in many expressions and faces of God, so to speak.

 

[-Peacemaker-]

Grew up agnostic and even developed an anti-Christianity streak over time. That "worked" for me until I finally found myself in a situation I couldn't get myself out of. I was staring death in the face and cried out to whatever gods/God reveal itself to me. The guy that I felt answer me was the one I was 150% sure didn't exist.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I converted from atheism/agnosticism to "pointless even labelling it as I'm basically just a rationalist and people will misinterpret what you mean by atheist or agnostic anyway depending on which false definition they've been told."

 

[Fireside_Hindu]

I was raised by Catholic parents but turned away from Christianity as a teenager. I flip-flopped between atheism and agnosticism for many years before finding my current path, Hinduism.