Ex theists: what did you believe?

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Thanks very much everyone for sharing your experiences. I hope it wasn't too painful for you, and my sincere condolences for the misery religion has caused you.

I can't remember much about anything my parents "taught" me, my memories start with them being shitty parents and I seem to have blocked out what happened before that. But I'm sure that if I was spoon fed it from an early age, I'd have believed it. I would have been a terror though, as I was exhaustingly curious as a child, I am told. I would have plagued them endlessly with questions. Don't know how that would have worked out!

It seems to be the general case that coming out of religion makes people feel better, although the process itself is often painful and it can leave scars. I don't think anyone is silly or gullible for believing what their parents taught them, it's only natural. We rely on them to look after us, and tell us what we need to know.