I'm Melody, Dutch, in my late thirties. Have been an atheist and a member of the commentariat for a couple of years now.
I was raised in a relatively unknown branch of Evangelical Christianity, called the Plymouth Brethren or Brethren movement.
As a student, I became more of a church hopper but never really settled down in any particular church. I was already disappointed and distrustful at the time, but still very much a staunch believer. My faith left me slowly at first, first through questioning doctrines like The End Times and The Anti Christ and ultimately that led to questioning first God's goodness, and later his very existence.
Becoming an atheist has made me an overall slightly more laid-back person and more embracing of my inner skepticism. Other than that I didn't change all that much, except that I no longer need(ed) to feel sinful about wanting to be or being open-minded.
I was raised in a relatively unknown branch of Evangelical Christianity, called the Plymouth Brethren or Brethren movement.
As a student, I became more of a church hopper but never really settled down in any particular church. I was already disappointed and distrustful at the time, but still very much a staunch believer. My faith left me slowly at first, first through questioning doctrines like The End Times and The Anti Christ and ultimately that led to questioning first God's goodness, and later his very existence.
Becoming an atheist has made me an overall slightly more laid-back person and more embracing of my inner skepticism. Other than that I didn't change all that much, except that I no longer need(ed) to feel sinful about wanting to be or being open-minded.
