The Sage Nabooru Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Ex-Christians of all colors. So far, I can only think of: Alanis Morissette Sheryl Crow (who, incidentally, in the mid-80's, attended the superchurch I live about fifteen minutes away from) Neale Donald Walsch Tori Amos Possibles: Marilyn Manson - attended Christian school, but it appears his parents only sent him there because it was supposed to offer a better education, and voluntarily pulled him out of it when he told them he didn't want to go anymore. Katie Holmes - we still have no definitive proof that she's not under Scientology house arrest against her will. Seems suspicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markkasan Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Jon Krakauer--noted investigative journalist, author of Under the Banner of Heaven, an account of the Fundie Mormons out west. Voltaire---satirist and doubter, one of the funniest Frenchmen ever to exist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunk Bishop Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Friedrich Nietzsche: from a line of 5 Lutheran preachers Wasn't Trent Reznor raised protestant? Macaulay Culkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sage Nabooru Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Some more: Kate Capshaw - not a member of the list to be particularly proud of; she was raised Catholic, allowed Steven Spielberg to have sex with her and was subsequently given a totally undeserved role in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Converted to Judaism to marry Spielberg. Also, George Lucas, although I'm not sure of how much of a Christian he ever was. Might have just been a cultural thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taphophilia Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I think the most famous ex-Christian was Sam Kennison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunk Bishop Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Jessica Hahn (wasn't she dating Sam Kennison after her Playboy thang?) would also Charles Darwin be considered an ex-Christian? i always heard growing up that he turned back to Christianity on his deathbed but that's not really true... i'm pretty sure he died agnostic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Che Guevara, Pancho Villa, Fidel Castro, Emperor Julian, John Lennon, George Harrison, Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vigile Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 John Paul Satre. He even blasphemed the HS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llwellyn Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Robert Ingersoll was the son of a presbyterian minister, IIRC. The NeoPlatonic philosopher Porphyry deconverted from Christianity. Ted Turner grew up a Baptist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingMyReligion Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I love Alanis Morisette. Even cooler to know she's EX-C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godlessgrrl Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Ben Franklin. He was raised an Episcopalian but eventually became a Deist. Enya was raised Catholic, but I seem to recall that she gave it up awhile back, though honestly I can't back that up. That's all I can come up with for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosa Mystica Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Charles Templeton and Dan Barker are two famous ex-Christians. To the OP: I thought Neale Donald Walsch was a Christian. Not so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sage Nabooru Posted September 2, 2006 Author Share Posted September 2, 2006 To the OP: I thought Neale Donald Walsch was a Christian. Not so? Nope, not anymore. He wrote Conversations With God as a person seeking answers about some Christian doctrines, which "God" pretty much chewed up and spit back out again. Of course if you ask him now, he's a real hippie type, and he'll probably say, "Oh, yes, I'm a Christian, and a Hindu, and a Buddhist, and a Muslim, and a Jew....." or something of that nature. Che Guevara, Pancho Villa, Fidel Castro, Emperor Julian, John Lennon, George Harrison, Mark Twain I don't think any of The Beatles were brought up very religiously, though. I'm talking about the kind of people who believed with at least some degree of sincerity, struggled with the faith, and eventually gave it up. I love Alanis Morisette. Even cooler to know she's EX-C Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bael Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 I read that Tom Hanks use to attend "Campus Crusade" in Santa Barbara! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunk Bishop Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 aren't most scientologists ex-Christians from some cloth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuroikaze Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 aren't most scientologists ex-Christians from some cloth? Perhaps...but scientology is not a step up from christianity...at least as far as I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sage Nabooru Posted September 5, 2006 Author Share Posted September 5, 2006 Perhaps...but scientology is not a step up from christianity...at least as far as I can see. That's a very good point! In fact I venture to say it might very well be a step down..... I keep wanting to say Sinead O'Connor, but I know she was ordained by a renegade Catholic group that allowed women into the priesthood not too entirely long ago, so I'm not totally sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Ludovic Kennedy Douglas Adams Bob Dylan Cat Stevens (actually, I dunno if that counts because he became a Muslim) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGuitar Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Bob Dylan was born Jewish,,,, his real name is Robert Zimmerman and he converted to xianity wrote Ya Gotta Serve Somebody...and then went back to some form of Judaism... Personally, Im waiting for Amy Grant to see the light... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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