Well for me there were several foundational beliefs, and once the last of those collapsed through research I was no longer able to believe in anything supernatural.
One of those beliefs, for example, was about the prophecies of the dead sea scrolls. It turned out that those scrolls were dated 200-300 years after the events that they "fortold", which is something I didn't learn for an embarrassingly long time. I thought if the prophecies were true, then the bible must be true. Turns out there's no real evidence of that.
I really started to look for evidence of anything supernatural, and always either found a lack of evidence, or discrediting evidence for all of those foundational beliefs.
Well for me there were several foundational beliefs, and once the last of those collapsed through research I was no longer able to believe in anything supernatural.
One of those beliefs, for example, was about the prophecies of the dead sea scrolls. It turned out that those scrolls were dated 200-300 years after the events that they "fortold", which is something I didn't learn for an embarrassingly long time. I thought if the prophecies were true, then the bible must be true. Turns out there's no real evidence of that.
I really started to look for evidence of anything supernatural, and always either found a lack of evidence, or discrediting evidence for all of those foundational beliefs.
What was the trigger that made you drop it? Its a gradual thing for sure, but at some point, you get the guts to actually drop the religion. Was it a big event, or did you just build up enough courage to finally do it?