No. No.

no
2. no

No and no. God and the devil are nothing but representations of the good and evil of which our free will makes us capable. That said, I find no error in one appealing to his higher being or higher self to do better.

My parents told me I was a Christian as a youth and took me to church and Sunday school. By age 12 I did not want to be bothered. In high school I rejected it and became a diest. In college I didn't care about the issue until I heard Lecture 4 of Basic Principles of Objectivism (that was in 1962) where he explained clearly the intellectual and logical problems with the supernatural. I became an atheist. All it took was one lecture.

No

2. No - However, I refuse to force my lack of belief upon those I care for, who do believe. They may think I'm destined for Hell, but since I don't believe in Hell, I'm not losing any sleep over it.

Probably, the worst thing that could have ever happened to a prospective Christian (me) was when, at 14 years of age, a local pastor told me the story of the young boy who was struck and killed, by an errant vehicle, before he had made up his mind to give his life to Jesus. Even then, I could smell a con.

No
2. No, but I can be OK with the NA Indian "Great Spirit" idea. I see enough in nature to know I do not comprehend all that is there, and marvel at my horses and other animals in their empathy and knowledge.

I was once, but then I met a priest and realized if he didn't really believe the BS why should I? So no and no.

And thinking of scientific proof, I met a Christian who told me he heard the funniest joke: "Can God make a rock so big he can't lift it?" When he told me that I was stunned because right in his joke he expressed the impossibility of the whole concept of God.

1) I was raised as a Catholic so yes.

2) I still believe in Christ and the saints, but my notion of my religion and of of God is very different.

Yes. Yes.

Interesting results from the Gulch! According to my latest calculations (which continues to change by the minute!), 41% of the respondents were non-Christians "before and after Rand", while 34% were Christians before and after. Of those who changed, 18% were Christians who became non-Christians after being introduced to Rand's philosophy ... and 7% were non-Christians before and Christians after. Of course, this doesn't represent ALL Gulchers ... but it certainly surprises me that so many who responded are Christians! Any other observations or conclusions from any of you?

Yes.Yes.

Yes and yes. I love the study of reality and feel Ayn Rand contributed a lot to it.

1) Yes
2) Yes

No and yes.

no and no

Yes and yes.
Ayn Rand I do adore
But Jesus is the door.

1) Yes, I was a Christian
2) Yes, I still am and even more convinced of the truth of what I view as Christianity (which is different from what most Christians would view as Christianity).

I was raised Catholic so 1.) is Yes

It has been 30 years or so since I have been to church, but I still pray and believe in the Creator or a Supreme Being or entity, so I would say 2.) is also Yes.

Yes, and Yes. I do not see a real conflict in that we have "free will",....we are only limited by ourselves and oppressive State Overseers.

Since I don't believe in a supernatural deity that controls the marionets somewhere below - then I could not be considered a Christian.

Yes and Yes.

When I was too young to be confident to make decisions for myself I was a Christian (because my parents and grandparents were.)
Before finding Rand, I had decided that the organized religion, Christianity, was an irrational fraud.
I am closer to Deist than any other religion.

Yes.
2. Yes.

1.) Not really, my de-conversion from superstitions was almost complete already.
2.) No