A question if you want to answer. What caused you to deconstruct from your religion.

[EverHopeful]

10. You could say my parents believed in freedom of thought

They allowed, even encouraged, attending as many different churches and religious organizations and deciding for ourselves if any of them spoke to us.

I became involved with an organization that focused on Bible study. Figured if that was what you based your faith on, you ought to study it but we came to a point when the "teachers" finally said that asking so many questions was a sign that Satan was working on my mind and I left.

Saw that thinking wasn't part of their faith and seemed to me that their aggressive need to convince others to believe as they did, showed a personal lack of belief in what they were preaching.

Nowadays I still long to understand our universe but look to the scientific explorers to seek understanding. My take on religion is best expressed by the tale of the 6 blind men and the elephant. Many religions may grasp a part of the mysteries of our world, but don't seem to realize that they don't have the full picture.