Simple.
I'm an ex-Catholic from a family of Catholics on one side, and Jo-Hos on the other (my father is an atheist).
After going through the various processes for a number of years I actually read the whole bible. Not just the hippy-dippy-happy bits they usually read out in church, but the whole thing.
Most of it made no sense and was completely contrary to to kmowledge we have, whether historic or scientific. I questioned and got the whole "must have faith" line.
End result, I continued to question and eventually decided I no longer believed. The end result is that I gave up on religion entirely by 13.
I haven't seen anything in the 22 years since that has convinced me otherwise. Actually everything I've seen and heard from apologists has re-enforced my non-belief.
I'm an ex-Catholic from a family of Catholics on one side, and Jo-Hos on the other (my father is an atheist).
After going through the various processes for a number of years I actually read the whole bible. Not just the hippy-dippy-happy bits they usually read out in church, but the whole thing.
Most of it made no sense and was completely contrary to to kmowledge we have, whether historic or scientific. I questioned and got the whole "must have faith" line.
End result, I continued to question and eventually decided I no longer believed. The end result is that I gave up on religion entirely by 13.
I haven't seen anything in the 22 years since that has convinced me otherwise. Actually everything I've seen and heard from apologists has re-enforced my non-belief.
Dying to live, living to die.
