How I lost my faith in Christianity at 4

[highdimensionman]

I'll be the first to admit I score high on tests for Asperger's Syndrome. I am a social klutz and I almost always fail to detect anything amiss with posts from new members when a dozen other people see all kind of red flags. In a social setting, I often can't tell shit from shinola.

I have to say though that the OP rings a few bells. I wasn't reading encyclopedias at 4 years old but I do remember kindergarten. I went to a Catholic one (secular school after that). I also went to a Catholic indoctrination for children called Catechism after school up until about 3rd grade. My reaction to it was nearly exactly as the OP described. It struck me as incomprehensible and bizarre - totally out of whack with the real world. I was genuinely baffled at why I was being fed this nonsense and I didn't think any of the adults actually believed it. Like I said, I wasn't reading encyclopedias at 4-years old but I definitely read books about astronomy and evolution starting at about 3rd grade. It resonated with me. It FELT real as opposed to the insanity of Catholicism. I thought everyone must feel that way.

I understand that the ability to use rationality and logic starts to kick in around age 12 so I wasn't reasoning this through. From my personal experience, I believe some of us are hard-wired to reject things like religion. Not that I'm immune to being conned in general. I fell for Erich von Däniken's ancient astronaut theories hook line and sinker. I believed aliens were everywhere, constantly buzzing around in UFOs. Fortunately, like the guy on the Monty Python Holy Grail movie who got turned into a newt, I got better.

The point I'm trying to make is that some people do reject religion at what might seem like an impossibly early age. I did. I'm not claiming it was because of brilliance but just an innate brain wiring. I was NEVER able to accept it.

left in my room a lot pushed bible stories from a very young age can barely read, got 2 books till the age of 7 one bible stories one encyclopedia and am supporting a dad in his decision to leave the church which happened from 4-6 if I didn't want to go and I didn't. A kid can pick up a tablet from 2 or a little earlier now and some how this is a tall order. Your seeing something that is not there and I have tried to point out what your seeing wrong. No I was not a child genius. I was a child once and had to deal with leaving religion from a young age. I don't have any alternative actually real stories of how I left religion because this ones my story. I'm a bit crazy I don't try to be dishonest. I think If I were dishonest I would say something like I discovered something good at the age of 4 because that would be nicer than explaining an issue that was quite painful to deal with and no a light did not just spark up in my head I was a child once. My story is odd but not that odd. you might be confused with my signature I only say the 2 ideas are similar and the post is really there on my blog with such dating for people to judge for themselves. What I'm expressing is how all my thinking and coincidences there of can drive me mad. One person got me bang on here on this forum. I'm little rick coming in sideways. I don't fire on all cylinders that well.