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Okay, have any of you guys heard of dc Talk? They have a song called "What If I Stumble." Before the song actually begins, a man says this:

"The greatest single cause of Athiesm in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door and deny him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable."

It saddens me to realize this is true. I see it all the time, where people say, "Yeah, I go to church so I'm a Christian," then they sin and don't try to stop. (Yes, I realize no one is perfect, but the goal of Christians should be to try not to sin.) It's behavior like this that turns off skeptics.

Comments anyone?

I'm atheist, and the actions of other Christians had no effect on my leaving Christianity. It's what I found in the bible, and some good, hardcore logic from Dawkins that made me atheist.

Did you go straight from Christianity to Atheism?

I disagree. There are other religions and other Gods beyond the Christian faith. It makes no sense to stop believing in the possibility of ANY deity simply because some of the followers on ONE deity are asshats.

I understand what you are saying, there are many people who consider themselves Christians, but after Sunday morning and Sunday night, they act very different.
I know some that go right after Sunday morning and then go drink at the local bar, but that is just some Christians.
You might not realize it, but you're saying Christians as a whole. Not all Christians can influence people in negative ways.
Some Christians don't act like that, some live the part.
I know if someone was drinking right after they got back from church on Sunday, I wouldn't want what they supposedly had.

The behaviour of many "Christians" is one of the reason why I'm not a Christian. The reasons why I'm an atheist is completely different.

I think that it may be why some Christians become Atheists. I don't believe that that's why a Jew would become Atheist, or a Wiccan would become an Atheist, or a Baha'i would become an athiest.

I think there are many bigger reasons why a Christ would become an Atheist. A big reason for atheism among Christians can be that after reading the bible, they discover that Jesus did not fulfill the Prophesy. They may have a hard time understanding the fact that the Messiah is not God, yet people call Jesus the Christ And God. There are many inconsistancies with in the Christian religion.

Also, some Christians may becoming Atheists because they belong to a sect of Christianity that they do not agree with, yet they never research other sects of Christianity, OR another religion that would better suit themselves.