[quote=Magic Magnum]
Not really.I'm not making a Religion out of me being God, I just am God. :PNot surprising.In my experience of having been Religious, became atheist later in life and had the chance to be involved in both Christian and Atheist groups growing up I find many people leave their religions cause they either:a) They morally disagree with their Religionb) The Religion doesn't accept themGranted, stuff like looking at science, evidence and bible contradictions also plays roles.But many people I've talked to claimed to of left mainly for personal/moral reasons.I guess it has largely to do with people going to Religion because it gives them some sense of happiness, acceptance and purpose. But when said Religion turns around and becomes bigoted, you start to lose the reasons you came to it and decide you're better off leaving.In my case, when I learned stuff like "God hates Homosexuals" I remained Christian.Just a Christian who hated God, I didn't think not liking God was a good enough reason to say he doesn't exist.I had to be shown bible contradictions and scientific reasons God couldn't exist before I left Religion and became an atheist.That's just how I am though, no matter how hard the truth may hurt. I'll accept it if I actually do believe it to be the truth. I won't hide from facts or life because it's inconvenient or disagree's with me. Many people though just want to surround themselves with things that makes them happy and bolsters their self-esteem and joy. So when the way their Religion act's takes that away from them... many will jump ship.
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I suppose I'm a rather unique case since I was never religious. It's just not the way I was brought up, and as a result almost everybody in my family is atheist/agnostic. I've had periods where I was seeking out something to believe in due to severe depression, but ultimately in the end I found it hard to delude myself. With that said, these stats don't hugely surprise me since I was able to view religion from the outside and what many theists really teach about homosexuality. I mentioned it earlier either in this thread or the other, but I know of somebody personally who was essentially disowned by her religious family simply for being lesbian. And Christians claim to support "family values". Pfft...so much for that since they're disowning children.