Did We Choose To Stop Believing?

Can you choose what you believe?

When someone leaves Christianity, they’re often told they chose to walk away—that they rejected God, hardened their heart, or simply decided not to believe anymore. But is belief actually something we can control?

In this episode, Jacob and Micah explore one of the central questions behind their own deconstruction: Did we choose to stop believing?

They talk about the difference between choosing what we want to believe and being genuinely convinced something is true, why simply wanting faith isn’t enough to produce it, and what happens when the evidence that once supported your worldview no longer convinces you.

Drawing from their own experiences growing up deeply immersed in Christianity, they examine faith, doubt, free will, evidence, and the uncomfortable possibility that losing belief isn’t an act of rebellion at all—it may simply be what happens when you can no longer convince yourself that something is true.

Theme music: Jenni Potts