How I Became an Atheist - Stories from our Community

If you ever believed in God, how did you lose your faith? Share your story and we might add it to the website. Here are stories from other atheists.

Thank you for offering the opportunity to talk about the story of our path toward atheism.  For reasons which will become obvious, I wish to remain anonymous.

I suppose I've gone through many different stages in my journey to atheism. Here's my story.

My pathway to atheism story started early in life, but solidified in my later years. My mother was a religious person(Baptist) but she never forced this belief on me. I can remember from the time I was about 6 years old I was always asking why?

I grew up as a methodist and was taught about sexual purity. I am gay so my story is about homosexuality. I lived in a moderate home when it came to religion but was taught to embrace the idea that homosexuality was worth damnation. As a kid, I was told that homosexuality was evil.

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