i think about this a lot. what stopped me from becoming a lifelong devout Christian or a cult follower unlike many of the people i grew up with who are still deeply involved with the church?
i’m perplexed and disturbed that many of the friends i grew up with are still brainwashed with religious nonsense and worse, are teaching their children the same sexist, violent, homophobic, paranoid dogma.
a lack of belief in superstition and the supernatural is what stopped me.
i sat down and reasoned it out and came to the conclusion that superstition and the supernatural were beliefs based in illogical fear, and let go of all of those beliefs immediately as soon as it clicked in my mind, many years ago now.
leaving religion is still to this day one of the best, healthiest, more validating and empowering decisions I have ever made in my life. the less i associate with religious people the happier and healthier i am.
this is the way