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I always thought "coming out" was something that, as a cisgender straight female, I would never have to go through. But my parents are liberal anyway, so it's not as if it would be a big deal. Being gay isn't, and shouldn't be a big deal...and neither should being an atheist. (In fact, if I could have it my way, being an athiest would be the norm.) But I was raised in a Christian household. Nothing too serious though- we were only slightly more serious than the so-called "Holiday Christians," the ones who really only practice on occasions like Easter and Christmas. I just went along with it all, I prayed sometimes, I was confirmed when I was 14. Not because I was truly faithful, doubtless and pure, but because it was a rite of passage. It was the official thing to do, and I did it.
I never questioned my beliefs until I was about 16. The Bible didn't really make sense to me anymore. I actually read more of it than what was preached in church - the gritty stuff, the hush-hush topics, the things that I realized I didn't agree with. One of the things that piqued my interest was the issue of homosexuality. I was okay with homosexual. I thought it was fine, that two consenting people, no matter the genders, should be able to marry. But I brushed it off, with the very cliché excuse that "well, God loves everyone so it must be okay." The Bible didn't say that, but that's what I told myself. I didn't want to go against the Bible.
I took a class in high school called The Bible as Literature - basically a class that analyzed the Bible as if it were any other book. We looked at literary merit, character development, all that fun stuff. And in that secular class, I realized something - I didn't agree with a lot of the Bible. God seemed like an asshole and a hypocrite.
And so I started questioning my faith.
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