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Why I Abandoned Christianity
My Journey to Atheism
My mornings started earlier than most who were my age when I was young. During school days in high school, I woke up at 4 am to read the Bible and dissect Christian literature.
I meditated on Bible verses and passages for hours in those early still mornings and rarely told anyone that I was praying on their behalf to God. I cherished those quiet moments in communion with Him.
NOTE: This is an excerpt from my book, Up in the Air: Christianity, Atheism & the Global Problems of the 21st Century. In it, I try to write about our global problems from both the Christian and secular lense. In so doing, I attempt to bridge ideological opponents and reduce polarization. We all know we need more of that in this day and age.
Let me get into why I chose to write about this topic and why you can also begin to doubt the certainty in which you live.
In school, I considered it a personal responsibility to testify to others about my walk with God not only with my words but in how I treated others. It was not merely that I chose not to swear, or drink alcohol, or participate in what I thought to be ungodly behavior, like cheating on tests and gossiping about others.
My commitment was less abstaining from behavior and more about delighting in different…
