(February 4, 2016 at 4:42 pm)athrock Wrote:(February 1, 2016 at 8:51 pm)drfuzzy Wrote: I have had a very long day. I'm tired. I have posted deconversion stories in other threads here. But, I should give an answer. So let's see . . . I started reading up on science. Cosmology, genetics - - I'm no genius, we're talking Discover magazine type articles, not quantum physics. I started listening to the readings in church, and having to re-check "did that REALLY say what I think it said?". Yep. And during one Easter Mass about 10 years ago, I realized that I didn't believe any of it, I couldn't MAKE myself believe it anymore.
Now, somewhere in my computer I have compiled a rather huge "reasons for atheism" file, but I get the impression that you would try to tear apart any ones I might post. I'm not in the mood. Asking me to believe in a deity feels very much (to me) like insisting that I believe in Santa Claus. Deconversion wasn't a conscious choice. It was a gradual realization.
Gradual? Yes. Realization? I'm skeptical. (see what I did there?)
How old were you when you reached your conclusion?
Gradual realization? I suppose I see the nit picking. Questioning details was extremely gradual, over many years. The realization was rather sudden. Correction accepted.
Not that you have any right to ask the age question - and how relevant is it, really? - but I was 46.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
