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A change of social scenery was one of the biggest factors that brought about my change of mind regarding Christianity. Speaking of scenery. Photo by me. When I was in high school, I was in a very insulated world – surrounded by people who believed the same things as me and had very similar upbringings. I was aware of this. I was often told to be careful when I went to university and moved out of home; that people would challenge my beliefs and worldview. There were always tales of young people, like me, who would go to university and lose their religion. I’d often practice arguments for Christianity inside my head. The faceless atheist would say, “Why do you believe what you believe?” I would be ready to answer. I imagined atheists as people that just didn’t know the truth about God. I thought that They were perhaps angry or hurting. What possible reason could They have for rejecting the Gospel? I thought that the world was filled with lost people. I knew there was drunk...