Yes, there was a deconversion. (I like how spell checkers still don't get that word.)
I was reared Christian; accepted Jesus as my personal savior at age 8; rededicated my life in middle-school; went to Christian high-schools followed by a Christian college (fortunately, an accredited one), where I met and married my spouse. I've been a church treasurer, adult sunday school teacher and eventually an elder. It was while I was an elder I admitted my disbelief.
Most of the aforementioned time, I had little or few doubts. However in the 8 years preceding my deconversion, I began to try to make my religious views jibe with reality as I perceived it. I failed. The bottom line was epistemological in nature. One should be able to find aspects of reality that justify beliefs about reality. I couldn't. Ergo, I am an atheist.
I was reared Christian; accepted Jesus as my personal savior at age 8; rededicated my life in middle-school; went to Christian high-schools followed by a Christian college (fortunately, an accredited one), where I met and married my spouse. I've been a church treasurer, adult sunday school teacher and eventually an elder. It was while I was an elder I admitted my disbelief.
Most of the aforementioned time, I had little or few doubts. However in the 8 years preceding my deconversion, I began to try to make my religious views jibe with reality as I perceived it. I failed. The bottom line was epistemological in nature. One should be able to find aspects of reality that justify beliefs about reality. I couldn't. Ergo, I am an atheist.
