Losing belief

I've never been to a "hardcore" Christian school, but at my Primary school we used to sing hymns and say the Lord's Prayer at assemblies. I'm not sure if I believed in god at that point; religion was just not important to me at that age so I didn't really think about it. It's possible that I had a half-hearted belief though, although I gradually came to the conclusion that there is no higher power.

Oddly enough, my second highschool was supposedly Christian but during assemblies there the vicar would ask us to pray but always said that if you didn't want to pray you should just keep silent for those who wanted to. I always just kept silent.

As such I've not really had belief enough to be shaken, but there are certain things that have happened not just in my life but in the world at large which more or less prove to me that there is no way god could exist. I also have a theory which someone will probably be able to dismember, but nonetheless: Sometimes when people take drugs they say they have religious and spiritual experiences, but this is merely an effect of purposeful chemical alteration in the brain. To me this clearly states that god was truly created in the heads of men.

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I personally don't think people do have "authentic" religious experiences, on drugs or otherwise. I just think it's partly to do with the way the human mind works (and partly to do with background and relatives/friends influence etc). I am biased though because I'm an atheist, and I don't begrudge anyone else their opinions or faith.

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