I apologise, but I do need to ask.
What do you mean by "leaving religion"?
This is a completely foreign concept to me. Do you mean "I am leaving the deity with which I matured?". Or "I am leaving the religion that my family continues to believe in"? Or something else? I only ask because I can walk away from any religion right now, It does sound like there is a process involved here. It's just a different country.
I don't want to be nosey, I'm just honestly interested.
No I understand. For me personally it was a process because I was raised by fundamental Christians and the indoctrination of my church growing up was pretty intense. It took a few years for me to even identify as an atheist because I was looking into other religions as well when I was younger.
@StephanieM Okay, got it. Thanks for the clarification.