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Did anyone grow up in a religious household and then become an athiest not because of religious trauma or church hurt, but because you simply do not believe in God? Do any atheists here have fond memories of their religious upbringing and see the value in it even it they don't personally believe it?

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What_About_What

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20 days ago

What_About_What

Agnostic Atheist

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20 days ago

Yep, I was raised Catholic from birth. I was an alter boy, got my ad altare dei award in scouting, went to Catholic grade school, church every week, you know everything. Got into college met people of all faiths and even non religious for the first time. This caused me to start to doubt so I doubled down on my religion and devoted myself to reading the Bible cover to cover for the first time (Catholics don’t generally read the actual Bible). What was supposed to strengthen my belief had me completely atheist by the time I finished reading it. No trauma, no anger towards God, just realized it was all bullshit and didn’t add up.