Did the internet change your religious beliefs?

[Feynman]

Did the internet change your religious beliefs? Or at least influence you to rethink your beliefs?

I think that the internet, allowing us to access large amounts of information, is indeed a life-changing technology. If I didn't have an internet connection, I'm pretty sure I'd still be a blind creationist/monotheist that shoves his beliefs down others' throats.

Since schools don't teach you much about religion, and many teachers still speak of an entity such as "God" as if it definitely exists, school really doesn't change your religious beliefs too much. But unlimited access to information thanks to the internet can very much change your outlook on the world.

[YPrrrr]

No, not really... I mean they've been challenged here more than anywhere out in the real world, but it hasn't influenced me in any significant way. I've never tried to shove my beliefs down anyone's throat, I just try to live and let live

[ncba93ivyase]

When I was about 4 years old, I doubted the existence of any sort of god. When I was about 7, I determined there probably wasn't any but I can't completely declare it impossible.

My views haven't changed since that time ten years ago, so no, the internet hasn't in any way influenced my religious beliefs. However, it has completely desensitized me to everything.

[YPrrrr]

When I was about 4 years old, I doubted the existence of any sort of god. When I was about 7, I determined there probably wasn't any but I can't completely declare it impossible.

Did you move to the south when you were 7?

[ncba93ivyase]

Did you move to the south when you were 7?

No, I only came here 4 years ago.

I really don't know what made me stop believing. One thing I do remember was seeing a report on America's Most Wanted, where a family lost their daughter the day after she completely denounced the existence of god. They were saying some mexican or something took her away and killed her, but it was obvious it was the parents that killed her for being a blasphemer and just made up some shit.

I think right after I saw that I decided to challenge the idea of a god, because nothing that really loves everyone would kill a person just for that, and I guess it just stuck.

[Houdini]

No, I don't consider anyone on the internet worth taking seriously.

[Selkie]

Not at all. I kinda just started to feel that it's much more important to live for yourself and others than to live for some god.

I don't doubt the existence of God, or any religious figure, I believe anything is possible for the afterlife, but still, I don't put religion very high on my list of important things in my life.

[superclucky]

I never really had any strong religious upbringing as a kid. (I didn't believe in a god because I though, LOL BUT THEN WHO CREATED GOD and no one gave me a proper answer ;_;)

[russell]

No. At no point was I convinced of Christianity (my upbringing familiarly and educationally), or anything else, and after I started reading books and actually involving myself in the world when I was 12-13 it seemed clear that institutionalized religion was irrelevant.

[Daddy]

No, the shit was forced upon me as a child so I read the Bible and saw it was bullshit and moved on from there. 

[FAMY2]

No. i still have the same beliefs I have always had.

[Tri4se]

In a way. It made me think instead of taking everything face value.

[just1more]

No, just reinforced them. I was already questioning religion before I started using the internet.

[Lance Corporal Atlas]

Well, I used to think it was the religious fanatics that would always bitch to atheists, but now I realized that more often it's atheists bitching to people with a religion.

[Daddy]

Well, I used to think it was the religious fanatics that would always bitch to atheists, but now I realized that more often it's atheists bitching to people with a religion.

Trolling is fun because it pisses people off.