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I was raised as a 4th generation member in a non-Demoninational Protestant Church in a very conservative state. I was taught YEC from a very early age. I remember bringing home a book on evolution from the elementary school library and having my Dad give me a very strange look. He warned me not to believe everything that I read. Later in life I took his advice, but it wasn't the book on evolution that I doubted.

From my first hand experiences, it's as if people are proud of sacrificing Reason in order to uphold their faith. Their faith is so powerful, supposedly, that it overcomes Reason. I get the distinct impression that this is supposed to impress people. It never impressed me, and in fact led me to question my own faith at a young age. I lived in the middle ground for a while, knowing that my christian beliefs did not hinge on the literal accuracy of Genesis. When I moved towards atheism it was not because of YEC, but it certainly shaped my view of faith in general.