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ViciDraco · 36-40, M
I stopped going because I stopped believing.
ViciDraco · 36-40, M
@Zonuss Why do people stop believing in fairy tales, or the monster under the bed or in the closet, or the Easter bunny or Santa Clause?
Basically a lack of evidence that any of it was true. As an adult I started thinking about how some things just did not make any sense. Finally, I tried reading the Bible for myself without anyone cherry picking passages. And I just found there was no reason to believe any of it.
It was a long process, with a lot of conditioning to deconstruct in my own head. It was not comfortable or easy. The easy route would have been to just keep pretending. But I had to choose reality over fiction.
I am glad that I did though. From here I can see how damaging religion can be. That is not to say that all religious people are bad, but it certainly offers a path to great harm and teaches people to reject accepting new information in order to hold onto ideology.
Basically a lack of evidence that any of it was true. As an adult I started thinking about how some things just did not make any sense. Finally, I tried reading the Bible for myself without anyone cherry picking passages. And I just found there was no reason to believe any of it.
It was a long process, with a lot of conditioning to deconstruct in my own head. It was not comfortable or easy. The easy route would have been to just keep pretending. But I had to choose reality over fiction.
I am glad that I did though. From here I can see how damaging religion can be. That is not to say that all religious people are bad, but it certainly offers a path to great harm and teaches people to reject accepting new information in order to hold onto ideology.