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To all the ex-theists in this community. What drove you to leave your religion? (midwest.social)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/atheism

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I was raised as a Catholic, went to private school K through 12, and even wanted to be a nun when I was around 12. I bought into it 100%.

First started questioning the sinfulness of same-sex love because I was having feelings for my best friend in high school.

I was taught that questioning was a sin, but even that didn't make sense to me because my intellect is a gift from God, so why would it be sinful to use it?

So I started to allow myself to question things, but continued going to church and believing through my 20s. I just cherry-picked which teachings to keep and disregard.

Sometime in my 30s, thanks to the internet, I was exposed to people like Dan Barker and Sam Harris. I was living in Michigan at the time and also started listening to a local podcast called Reasonable Doubts (highly recommend).

All of that combined helped me realize atheism made the most sense, though it was several months before I learned to embrace the term.