I was born into a Catholic family and was a wiccan for a while before becoming an atheist. What about you?
Yes, I was a Lutheran who also got my first college degree at one of its colleges. I also took 5 religion classes while at that college. I then taught a couple of the adult bible study classes at one of the churches I was a member of. I will admit that it took me three times of reading the bible from beginning to end to finally question it. I was also looking at my college notes while doing that and ultimately couldn't reconcile the contradictions and atrocities.
I suppose I had what my parents tried brainwashing me with. Resistance was not futile
I never really got on board. I did what I had to but I didn't really get why the Church (Catholic) was so backwards and outdated. Then I realized because the bible hasn't really changed so neither can the dogma
I was born into a Mormon family. Always doubted in the back of my mind, but did go through periods of trying to believe until I was 16.
It still took me until I was 23, due to all the brain wshing I had growing up to come to terms with beign gay, but once I accepted it I came out as both beign gay and atheist at the same time. I figured that also coming out as atheist would keep my parents/family form beign able to throw religious judgements at me about my beign gay, and it pretty much worked. They had no ammunition left to argue with.
I guess it must be practically impossible to be Christian (or Muslim too) and rationalise scripture and homosexuality.