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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lost my faith my senior year of college. Prior to that I considered myself an evangelical Christian. I read the Bible every day, prayed and talked to God all day, etc.

Then one day I was watching a documentary on cults, and these people were explaining the really insane-sounding stuff they had believed, and all of a sudden my brain asked why my beliefs were any more logical than theirs. And I was like, "Oh Sh*t." And the God that went around in my head with me just went poof! It was very whiplash-inducing.

Thankfully I was already at a transition point in my life, so when I graduated and got a job I was able to make friends outside of religion, but it did suck to have friends reject me. My college bestie told me that her relationship with Jesus wouldn't allow her to be friends with me anymore. That rejection certainly didn't make me think they were repping the one true God.

I'm a member of a progressive mainline church now. I believe that humans need close knit communities, ritual, shared awe, mechanisms for service, etc. There's no little God living in my head anymore but there is a lot of wonder and goodness in the universe for me to contemplate.

I've done it both ways, and I've got to say that it feels so much healthier to choose a religious community based on my values rather than to allow a community to dictate what my values should be.  [/quote]

What church are you a member at now where you feel at peace with those beliefs?[/quote]

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