Question everything . The reason I left religion is, even from an early age, I constantly asked “why” about things in the bible. Needless to say I got in trouble lots for my doubt, but I am a healthier, happier man today because of it. You are smarter Susie when you were 6 and today

I grew up always rather uninterested or apathetic to religion, regardless of the fact that my family is catholic, and I went to catholic elementary and high school. It just never could take hold of me. Oh sure I had my superstitions here and there as a dumb little kid, but religion was just...boring.... Being roped along through communion, confirmation, and all that trash did nothing but reinforce my dislike of it. It never made any sense to me, it was always was supposed to be taken at face value and never truly questioned, and its authoritarian nature always clashed with my natural dislike of authoritarianism.

I pretty much was born with a strong BS detector and it has served me well growing up. it certainly is a gratifying feeling as an adult when you look back and see the pitfalls that you dodged.

Had a similar experience at 6 or 7. Had these questions about religion, and didn't get what seemed to be reasonable answers. Just kept asking to a point. Then went along with the game until I could drop out. Early high school. Years later, when we had kids in grade school, and they were coming home saying that they were going to hell as didn't go to the local catholic church, we did go look at several churches. Ended up in a UU church where it was encouraged to ask the questions, and to not accept answers that seemed wrong. Programs for the kids certainly encouraged them to questions. Have stayed in a UU church for the community. Open and questioning. Did find that west coast UU churches tended to be much more agnostic and atheist that the ones back east.

good for you .Did it cause some problems dealing with the all knowing adults?

I knew at a young age that adults were full of shit and manipulative. I will credit my mother for showing me how to think instead of what to think. I’ve sense surpassed her in that.

I quit believing at age 10. I still had to follow my family's religion. I came out as an atheist last December. I always questioned the bible. My Sunday school teachers all made me feel like I was asking dumb or hard questions. I never got answers from the bible. I gave up on church. I had no friends growing up. I have a few now.

I stopped believing at 14, stopped going as soon as I turned 18. I absolutely dreaded church and hated going.

Got dragged to church every Sunday for 18 years, never believed a word of it.

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Just goes to show you that with all that sponge-like learning we do, there are a number of "lessons" we are better off never learning and may have to spend considerable time and effort unlearning later in life. :/

Hey, you are still smarter than majority of them.

My real father was a musician so I was exposed to a different lifestyle than most as a very young child. Alas my mother remarried to the opposite kind of person.

As a 9-10 year old in southern Indiana aka cesspool of ignorance, I questioned several of the stories but I fixated on the ark myth. My questions were met with anger and I got the shit beaten out of me when my step father was told so I learned to not ask questions of people.

Over the course of their marriage, I was forced to read the entire bible and my disbelief was complete LOL

I have done that with everyone of the different religious book out there as well as religion's and because not one person can give a satisfying answer I sought out a more spiritual path that isn't religious related and allow me to seek answers from anyone or anything.

I was that kid who kept annoyingly asking why after every answer because the answer didn't satisfy me.

I've noticed that about myself but I got dumber as I aged clear up until almost 40.

Encouragement of suppression of questions and doubts is sad. They say kids aren't born racist...well they aren't born thinking a particular religion is superior, either.

Good for you. My parents used god to control me. god is gonna punish you.