To those that it applies to,Why did you lose your faith in Jesus Christ.?

Don't know. Never had it in the first place...

I lost it because of all the horrible things that occur on earth with no justice sometimes for the innocent.

In time, I came to realize that there is still much value in the teachings of Jesus, even if you reject the idea of God.

You don't need religion to value empathy and charity.

At about the age of sixteen I went through a brain growth stage that allowed me for the first time to think like an adult.

I looked at my belief in a god, and my belief in an afterlife, and realized that both were irrational.

(We all go through several brain growth stages, according to cognitive scientists. See URL below.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaget's_theory_of_cognitive_development

One can NOT Lose something one never Had..

I originally lost my faith cause the world around me was a piece of crap. Humanity was the biggest disappointment in my life, my fellow man sought to ruin things for me and others. I didn't want to believe in a God that would create such an idiotic species.

I gain my faith again because I realized believing in a God didn't mean following the brainwashing lie of Christianity and other religions.

Atarted listening to rock music

Never really had faith in Jesus. I never understood how Christians can be so hateful yet call themselves loving. Or how a "loving" God can torture His creation. Christians, from my experience, are hateful and rude to non-Christians. Christians made me move to a different religion. Right now I am in the process of converting to Hinduism.

Actually, what occurred when I realized I was an atheist at age 21, was the realization that I had never actually "believe" at all. That I had just gone along with what others in leadership positions (my mother, church leaders, etc.) had told me, with no critical questioning or examination.

I used to, like everyone else, get up in church meetings and "bear my testimony" that I "knew" that god lived, and "knew" that Jesus was the savior, etc. In my fit of later honesty, what I realized was that I had never "known" any such thing, nor had I actually "believed" any of it. I had done what was expected of me by my peer group as a child, and received peer approval for it -- nothing more.

I simply finally found the courage to be honest, to critically examine what I did or didn't "believe," and to try and find a rational, supportable basis for my "beliefs." That's what led me to the realization that I *didn't* believe, and that I was an atheist. The impetus for that honest, critical self-examination? Noticing that observed reality contradicted religious claims, and a desire to resolve that conflict reasonably.

Well like jotacar, when I turned 15, I started caring whether or not things were backed up by evidence, and believe me I argued for over 6 months trying to defend conservatism, Young Earth Creationism, the Bible etc. After getting beaten so many times, I finally had to admit to myself that what I was believing was WRONG, and it would be dishonest to continue as I was in denial. Now I am an Atheist and I would never turn back without evidence.

One thing I never argue though, nor ever wanted to, was that eternal torture was justified. Yeah, I believed it, but never did I think it was right. I thought it was disgusting and it terrified me to the point where I was paranoid that god knew what I was thinking and that he might throw me in there for thinking it...

I did, a long *** time ago. Then, I was maybe... 9? Somewhere thereabouts, I looked back and saw, that while the basic message was a good one, love your fellow man (Not literally, if you do we're excommunicating you.) Do unto others (By waging theistic wars.) Etc, it wasn't a viable belief, one brought upon by either A: A need for someone to depend on (God) and someone to blame (Lucifer) or B: One woman's lie about an affair that got WAY out of ******* hand.