An infinite progress

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And that is completely irrelevant to what I said.

No, it's relevant. You said you rejected religion, and then, some time later, rejected the idea of God. For an atheist, rejecting religion will always lead to rejecting the idea of God. But it doesn't have to be that way.

That is teleological.  Many people reject their religion but settle into a different one.  The very thing that defines and atheist is one who does not settle into a new religion, but rejects them all.  Still not at all relevant to my posts.

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Uh huh. But why do you, personally, not believe in God, despite (supposedly) being religious for much of your life?

I rejected my religion because there were too many inconsistencies and contradictions between the believers and the teachings and the real world.  As I explored other religions, I began to see a pattern.  The more I learn, the more I see the pattern.  Religion was created by humans.  God was created by humans.  God is just something humans made up to explain things.  Religion is something powerful people created to control people.  Looking back, it didn't really take too much deep thinking to make the leap.  The biggest obstacle were the layers of emotional baggage piled on me by my family and fellow church Christians, even the whole community.