Former Catholic here.
I think the first spark was that I have an atheist father who would let my mother take my brother and myself to church, but wouldn't let her force it in the home or get us confirmed until we were old enough to make up our own minds.
Church taught me to believe, my father, a GP, taught me to think and rationalise. Up until around the age of 10 or 11 I was one of those truly devout kids.
At the age of 13 I did what so many former theists did, I read the bible thoroughly, several times, and decided it was nonsense.
As an aside, my brother recently became an atheist and, apparently, according to my mother, that's my fault!
I think the first spark was that I have an atheist father who would let my mother take my brother and myself to church, but wouldn't let her force it in the home or get us confirmed until we were old enough to make up our own minds.
Church taught me to believe, my father, a GP, taught me to think and rationalise. Up until around the age of 10 or 11 I was one of those truly devout kids.
At the age of 13 I did what so many former theists did, I read the bible thoroughly, several times, and decided it was nonsense.
As an aside, my brother recently became an atheist and, apparently, according to my mother, that's my fault!
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
