What Led You To The Truth?

(A facebook group discussion)

Lorie Anne Lopez "I think what led me to the truth was the truth. I was raised both christian and catholic and at some point in my teen years I decided that perhaps the best thing to do was to research for myself and make a decision of where I stood in the world. I have a mind like a sponge and everything I want to learn, I pick up. So, eventually I stumbled upon astronomy and I didn't know much but I read and read and researched and it was like putting pieces together of a puzzle. They all fit and they represented a world that wasn't about evil or sin or church or an invisible savior in the sky. All the bad things I did as a teenager, running away, drugs and suicide attempts... I felt that God would never forgive me for my sins. I carried that guilt around for years and it stressed me to the neck about future decisions. Now that I'm not carrying that ugly baggage of nonsense around, I am able to enjoy life and the beautiful way it works. I can no longer see myself in the shoes of the theist. I am no longer afraid to live my life and that is deeply moving to me."

.. and there it is. I just felt I should post this up where it matters.
In the diary of my life and progress as a human.