Who used to be a true believer, but lost their faith?

I'm interested to find out if anyone used to be very religious but then decided they were wrong or were convinced otherwise. What convinced you?Who used to be a true believer, but lost their faith?
I used be a true believer, I was shocked when someone said there was no God, until I got high school anyway and started learning about other religions. Then it occurred to me that it was silly of people to reject various religions like the Greek myths because, well winter doesn't happen because Persephone goes down to Hades for a few months out of the year, and then turn around and claim that their God who was supposedly responsible for equally unlikely events like the Red Sea parting, and a man living inside a giant fish, is the true God.Who used to be a true believer, but lost their faith?
Sometimes, I am just so disappointed that Jesus seems to be ingorning my prayers that I tell him, 'Jesus, I no longer believe in you, you call yourself my friend, but what exactly have you done that I should believe that'. I ignore Him and I stop going to church. I ask Him for simple things that He blesses everyone else with, but not me for some reason.





But then, I am pulled towards the Bible. I read a passage that seems to speak to ME, and explains the situation. Like I asked Jesus to provide me with a husband, I am a big middleaged spinster that no man has ever even asked out before, but Jesus made me so maternal, nurturing, loving, romantic. I screamed at Jesus, 'Why do you make me suffer like this'.





Then I turned to Isaiah, some people are created eunichs by men, but in heaven God will restore and everyone will have their own husband, and all will be made up to you, in perfect peace and love and understanding, forever. Now this is loosely translated, but that is what I got out of Isaiah. Zion is what He is calling me in that chapter. It is beautiful and I felt a sense of peace.





I just read the Bible and I always find answers to my questions and come back to the Faith.





But believe me, I lose my faith all the time and then find it again.
Me. I was devout catholic for 15 years. Then I started having questions.





Honestly, the site http://www.godisimaginary.com was the last straw for me. After reading that, my last shreds of belief were obliterated.
I was never a 'true' believer, I just did what I was told and went to church.





Then I smartened up, studied the evidence and just stopped believing.
Very devout. Even had that 'born again' feeling and had friend's go to church with me.


What changed? I read the Bible in order to defend it and realized how silly trying to argue some things were.
Yo, I was a 'true believer' until i was 7. Then I realised that I could think for myself.