Maybe I never was a Christian?

[Dumac Dwarfking]

When I tell Christians that I was once a devout christian, and that I only converted to atheism when presented with the evidence, I'm often told that I was never really a true Christian, because if I was, I never would have turned from God.

I used to think of that as a cop out, as a way of a Christian declaring that you were never in the same position as them, and therefore have no grounding to argue that point. However, I'm not so sure I think that way anymore. Perhaps I never really was a Christian. After all, when I present any Christian (or person of any other faith for that matter), with the same evidence that convinced me that it was bollocks, they will quite easily shrug it off and carry on frolicking in ignorance. Why? Why is it that the same evidence that convinced me isn't enough to convince them? The only hypothesis I can come up with, is that of insanity. For example if I replace "Christian" in my first statement, with the word "insane", then the statement absolutely rings true.

When I tell insane people that I was once insane, and that I only converted to sanity when presented with the evidence, I'm often told that I was never really insane, because if I was, I would never have turned from insanity