I’m jealous of a lot of you guys because after I left the church of my childhood it took years of searching to find “truth.” I too went through various denominations then agnosticism and finally settled as an atheist. I really wish the internet had existed back then. It would have been so much easier.

You said it very well. Many people hold on to childhood indoctrination for many years. It sometimes takes the mind a long period of time to change that mindset from belief to accepting reality.

Yes, sometimes it's like searching for your sunglasses, when they are on the top of your head