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briandmyers · 3729 days ago · link · · parent · post: What event has caused you, if ever, to have a major conceptual shift in your way of thinking? / Have you ever lost your religion?
Just FYI, to "lose your religion", originally at least, has nothing to do with religion. It means "to lose your shit", roughly.
I was raised Christian, but gave it up in my early teens; called myself "agnostic" for a long time, but "atheist" is clearly the correct term, for me.
I don't remember any specific trigger; but it wasn't long after I read the entire Bible that I changed my mind. Actually reading the book goes a long way towards exposing the lack of coherence in Christianity; possibly moreso for me, because the sect I was raised in (Southern Baptist) is one of those that strongly believes in the literal truth of the Bible.