catnamedgoose

Hello everyone, I find myself in a strange spot right now. As a young teenagers, I was a creationist, fundamentalist, far-right Christian. As I got older, I naturally found out how flawed this world view was. It didn't make sense to me that the earth was literally 6,000 years old, that God wanted to burn gay people in hell, and that people born in predominantly non-Christian nations were predestined for hell because they weren't born into Christianity. For many years, probably something like 15 years, I've been an atheist. I thought that the only way to reconcile my views was to become an Atheist. In other words, I couldn't bring myself to believe that the earth was 6,000 years old anymore. It hasn't been until recently that I remembered, oh wait, there are non-bigoted, non-denialist Christians out there. That, and some life events and existential anxiety have brought me here. So here I am. I wouldn't call myself a Christian yet, but I am very curious. tl;dr, Former atheists, what was it that brought you to Christianity?

I'm sorry to hear about your loss, Lily. How have you been lately?

Hi everyone. As the title says, my name is Christian and I'm Christianity-curious. I have an amazing wife, and also a cat named Goose, who I named my account after, lol. In my early teenage years, I was a fundamentalist, creationist, far-right Christian. That world view, I think, is filled with endless flaws and ignorance. Creationism and hardline Christianity are really hard to justify against our modern understanding of the world, eg. earth literally being 6,000 years old. So naturally as I got older, I let go of my religion and eventually became what I might call a "militant" atheist. Endless debating, YouTube videos debunking logical fallacies etc. However, since I became married, we've had our ups and downs, and at times I've felt pretty desperate. I've also had a few existential crisis' that brought on some really heavy anxiety. I bring this up to say that my view towards Christianity has softened, and I'm curious about it again. I left Christianity originally because I thought "well if I don't accept that the earth is 6,000 years old, I can't be a Christian". It hasn't been until recently that I realized wait a minute, there's an entire group of non-bigoted, non-denialist Christians. So here I am! You guys can look forward to lots of questions from me. Has anyone else on here had a similar arc in their faith? I'm very curious what y'alls experience has been. Thanks!