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[mlmooney89]

I believed until about 15-16 and I just couldn't wrap my head around magic being real, I'm too much of a logical thinker. I gave up religion for what made more sense and what had proof.

Thanks for your honesty.  It is hard to wrap the brain around some of the miracles in the Bible.  I try to be a logical thinker as well.
If you don't mind, what was your belief before giving up?  And what kind of "proof" did you turn to?

I apologize but I don't think following the bible is being a logical thinker. It talks about a human walking on water, a flood that has never been documented, a human parting the sea... nothing about that book is logical. Humans cannot do magical things and there were civilizations thriving when there was supposed to be a planet wide flood killing everyone. Plus there are different versions of the book, how does that make sense at all? It's like someone realized the bible had too many faults and they rewrote it to work better for them. Plus the whole free will but god having an ultimate plan for you doesn't make any sense either. I mean it literally contradicts itself. If it was "her time to die" and "part of his plan" how was it her free will to cross the street at that exact moment that the person driving the car's free will decided to turn the corner. Either they both did that on their own free will or it was part of his plan and they had no freedom from it. Instead I turned to fossils, scientists, peer reviewed theories, things that can be tested. I was just basic Christian. I think my parents claimed Methodist but I didn't have a say in that.

Also I found it super creepy for god to be always watching me and for 'loved ones to be watching over us'. I didn't want to follow something that was always watching me. That thought is what led me down the path of "wait a minute, I don't think I want to do this."