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and if you atheist/switched faiths, why did you do it and what faith did you choose?

im in a curious mood today :>

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[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I was raised Christian, went to church every Sunday and believed as a kid. Then I stopped believing in all my imaginary friends. Being slightly cheeky, but also I genuinely just grew out of it as I learned more about... Everything, really.

[-] CozyLorraine@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Damn I thought there would be more religious people, it is all exchristians in here

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

i think it comes with the territory; the kinds of users that lemmy attracts--and doesn't.

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

The bit of the internet based in european languages tends to skew more atheist in general from my experience

[-] libra00@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

The English speaking world as a whole is still, to my knowledge, majority Christian even if not actively so, so it shouldn't be much of a surprise that many of us came from a Christian background. Nor, I suppose, that so many of are ex-.

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