Have you ever felt you were missing out on the good things church has to offer?

[*Deidre*]

I was raised in Christianity and followed it for a long time as an adult. When you "de-convert," you go through a process of analyzing why you believed in a god and the teachings of the church to begin with. I came to realize that the Bible is a set of fables, and that the early church writers of it, since they didn't know much of anything about science, just made stuff up. Evolution while just a theory, still has much evidence to support it. Adam and Eve and the creation story in Genesis has no real application in life when you compare it to what we know through science.

So, there can be a sense of peace that comes from believing in these fables, but sort of like the jubilee you might have had on Xmas Eve awaiting Santa, when you were a child. No one has seen God, and man's attempts throughout history to label him this or that, doesn't mean he exists. Every religion's origin is based off stories and little more of people who passed their notions of God down throughout the ages.

I don't begrudge anyone religion. It's just not for me anymore. I now know too much truth, to go back and believe lies again so I can have some pseudo-comfort.

My view is...we don't know if God exists or not. I'm open to it if he does, but whatever he may be...if he exists...won't be found in any religion. If a god created the universe, he would be a hell of a lot more impressive than the bible version.