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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never really bought into it.  It always just sounded like bullshit to me. [/quote]

Same!  [/quote]

Fascinating! were either of you from religious families? e.g., went to services/Sunday school regularly? Did either of you tell your parents of your views as children?  If so, how did they handle it?[/quote]

DP, but I fall into the same category.

I'm honestly a little confused by the question.  Wouldn't it be better to flip the question around to ask why people became religious?  To a [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster]Pastafarian[/url], this would be like asking, "Why did you stop believing that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe after drinking heavily?

Atheism or agnosticism seems like the default state.  Even if you're told something, you don't really believe it until you have the capacity to make that decision for yourself.  That might happen in some sudden revelation, or it might happen slowly as you age.  But at some point, it changes from what you've been told to what you believe.

I grew up in a Catholic household.  We went to church every Sunday.  I went to CCD, which is like Catholic Sunday school, except it was on Wednesdays after school.  I distinctly remember telling my CCD teacher on my first day that I didn't need to introduce myself because I wasn't going to be back- my mom said I only needed to go once and I didn't intend to come back.  I lost that battle, though, both with the teacher and with my mom.  I went through confirmation.  I didn't want to, but was basically forced to play along.  My mom even called my then-girlfriend to tell her she needed to make sure I made it through confirmation.  And I did, but I always said I wouldn't lie to do it.  I went through the motions, but never lied when asked a question.  It seemed like the priest, church staff, and CCD teachers knew not to ask certain direct questions about beliefs.

So it wasn't that I became agnostic.  I just never really became Catholic.  And why not?  Because no one ever provided evidence, or even a rational explanation, for why I should believe anything they were saying.
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