Because it is National Prayer Day. Or maybe it was yesterday. I don't much care, because I don't much pray. I grew up in the church, can quote Scripture like the Devil in the Desert, but I have been convinced for years that God is a human-generated concept, and have decided to choose my own principles and ideals.
I'd love to do a documentary called "Lost Faith" - interviewing people about how and when they lost faith. I feel that there are a lot of interesting stories out there, but there isn't much encouragement about telling them. And I feel that the quest to realize that there isn't a God, is much more challenging, and interesting, than the quest to find God. That's easy. Walk into the right church, and in about 30 minutes, you'll be standing up for Jesus. I know, I've been there, done that.
Not to say I'm a Jesus-hater - I've got full respect. But for Jesus the man, not Jesus the Avatar. Jump down for a very cynical take on christianity...
I don't have a good lost faith story, because
1-God didn't fully compute for me from about age 8 on, even though I went to church and carried the cross (Literally! I was an acolyte!) through high school.
2-I now consider myself a buddhist, even though I don't actually believe in Nirvana, or any faith-based components of Buddhism.
3-I have had various experiences that could be interpreted as mystical or miraculous.
But this ain't about me. Tell me about how you lost your faith!