Share your history of belief/disbelief

If you are here to learn (as your message seems to imply) then you are definitely not the "odd man out" in any way. Welcome to the board, and have fun. There is much to read, and discuss As for my story:-Mom's a practicing Catholic, Dad's a non-practicing Protestant who goes to church with my Mom every week because she likes it when he does that.
-I went to Catholic school, had 1st Communion (grade 2), got Confirmed (grade 8), thought it was all just "the way things are."
-Found out through education that when most teachers told me things were a certain way, I can ask "what if it isn't really this way?" and there'll be an answer in some book (or person) somewhere explaining exactly why it actually is that way.
-Found out through experience that when some people tell me things are a certain way, I can ask "what if it isn't really this way?" and sometimes it turns out that the person was completely wrong and it, in fact, isn't necessarily that way.
-One day I asked this question about religion, and I've yet to find any answer that supports religion as "an answer" in any satisfactory way (where objective, verifiable information would be satisfactory).
-Ever since then, I've been trying to learn whatever I can to understand why some people believe so strongly in something that could quite possibly just be "not true."That is why I'm here Oh... and my selfish reasons of being here... entertainment, curiosity and testing of certain ideas.