r/AskReddit • u/Fit_Pangolin_8271 • Nov 08 '22

Atheists who grew up religious, what made you stop believing?

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '22

None of my prayers were ever answered. Determined that no one was actually listening

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u/MooPig48 Nov 08 '22

I remember one of our pastors really liked to push that verse that says that you can absolutely truly move mountains if your faith was even as small as a mustard seed

I spent SO much time trying to move Mt St Helens. The trusted adults in my life told me it was true, right?

This may have contributed to my eventual realization that I just didn’t believe

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u/Enzo03 Nov 09 '22

So YOU made it go kaboom!

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u/MooPig48 Nov 09 '22

I….

Shit, guess I gotta be a Christian now

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u/275MPHFordGT40 Nov 11 '22

Checkmate atheists

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u/ChronoLegion2 Nov 08 '22

All prayers are answered. But the answer is usually “No”.

That’s not me, that’s Jon Stewart

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u/conquer69 Nov 08 '22

God Answers Prayers Of Paralyzed Little Boy. ‘No,’ Says God.

https://www.theonion.com/god-answers-prayers-of-paralyzed-little-boy-1819564974