What was the last straw

[LogicOrDie]

It was after I studied science in my third year in middle school. We were taught that all our cells are made of organic and chemical substances. Then I realised that even our consciousness is a mere physical phenomenon. There is no soul. I also believed there is no God is everything is scientifically explainable But lately I came to thinik it over and I think there could be a God out there.

[JesusHChrist]

I also believed there is no God is everything is scientifically explainable But lately I came to thinik it over and I think there could be a God out there.

Just curious as to why?

Gods are answers in search of a problem.

[Bibliofagus]

My upbringing was totally open about these things, but i did get sent to a christian school. I was interested in dinosaurs, and read about it a lot. One day our teacher showed us a picture with people riding dinosaurs... So I spoke up and got slapped down. I remember losing trust in the guy over that. A fucking library full of stuff that contradicts him, and yet hè chose to lie to me.

[The Grand Nudger]

Well, I had the candles lit...and the circle was drawn down. The incense was in the burner and I was mumbling the proper incantations in my best Vincent Price......(hands waving menacingly, vomitting noises)I had the number of the beast dialed in for summoning-



and the fucker didn't show.....

(guy named Bayo from admin did though, said I couldn't use the conference room anymore - pure evil...it was just dripping off of him)

[Chad32]

Well if that's not persecution, I don't know what is.

[LogicOrDie]

I also believed there is no God is everything is scientifically explainable But lately I came to thinik it over and I think there could be a God out there.

Just curious as to why?

Gods are answers in search of a problem.

Are curious about my belief in God ?

[Tonus]

My deconversion was very gradual. Yes, there were questions now and then, but I did my best to answer them and the ones that stumped me I just figured would be answered by god himself at some future time. By the time I admitted to myself that I was an atheist, I'd probably really been one for a few years. So there's no particular moment I can point to where I decided that religion was a crock. It wasn't until I realized I did not believe in god that I climbed out of my bubble and started to learn more about religion and atheism. I didn't learn the stuff that would've made my decision easier until after I'd made it.

[pocaracas]

Back in... 1990... or close... I was listening to the news on the car stereo.
There was something about thebmm having footage of something happening in some remote chinese village.
Right there and then I thought: "Damn, there are cameras everywhere, these days... hmmm... there's something else people say is everywhere - god - but no picture of the guy has ever come forth... hmmm.. holy crap! How come no one has seen this yet?!"

[Cato]

I was 8. At the time I had a pretty thorough understanding of the hydrologic cycle. I remember it being the first piece of knowledge that captivated me. I still get that euphoric feeling when I learn how something works for the first time.

A couple influential adults tried to pass off on me that the rain and thunder had something to do with god and angels. I asked my mother about it and she agreed with the hydrologic cycle. I immediately asked what that meant about god and she told me that if I was already asking the question that I was well on my way to discovering the truth for myself. Although I couldn't have articulated it then, I had discovered that reasons for god's existence were all arguments from ignorance. I never again took the proposition seriously and suspended judgement until I learned what the truth was.

[Minimalist]

Close observation of xtians.