Someone at school today asked me the following question:
¨Why did you turn away from God?¨
So, I told him this deconversion story:
In 2006, I was informed that my grandmother had fallen ill. My first instinct was to turn to God. The day after I prayed, she died.
In 2011, my other grandmother fell ill. I turned to God once again. The day later, my family visited her in the hospital room.
When we came in, we found her dead.
In december 2011, I found out that I had teen depression. Once again, I foolishly turned to God.
Then, I did something I thought as drastic. I turned to satan. Nothing happened.
I became agnostic.
After thinking about it for a while, I moved on to fully denying the existence of God.
As of that day, I am atheist.
¨Why did you turn away from God?¨
So, I told him this deconversion story:
In 2006, I was informed that my grandmother had fallen ill. My first instinct was to turn to God. The day after I prayed, she died.
In 2011, my other grandmother fell ill. I turned to God once again. The day later, my family visited her in the hospital room.
When we came in, we found her dead.
In december 2011, I found out that I had teen depression. Once again, I foolishly turned to God.
Then, I did something I thought as drastic. I turned to satan. Nothing happened.
I became agnostic.
After thinking about it for a while, I moved on to fully denying the existence of God.
As of that day, I am atheist.
¨I contend that we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you. When you understand why you dismiss all other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.¨
