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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I started to convert to atheism at about 11, it started when I prayed for 5 days that my dog would come home safe and he didn't, after that I started to see things differently and even more clearly. Years later I still can't be 100% sure there is no god but I'm 99.9% sure there is no religious god that we humans have worshiped over the years.
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Okay, so it didn't take much to shake your faith. Sounds like you were a skeptic at heart and were looking for a reason.
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As for the decline, the internet and social media is a big part of it's decline and it will kill religion eventually
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I'm skeptical of this as it seems that the internet has been a place to espouse religious beliefs to anyone who will listen. I can't say this with certainty, but zealotry seems to be on the rise in the world. This likely has to do with open communication platforms to send that message out to the impressionable.