Religion/denominations - what made you walk away?

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I've never fallen away from God. I accepted Christ when I was 5, have always been Southern Baptist, have been to many other denominations, but have always been a Christian. If it's atrue commitment, falling away doesn't happen.

There are 3 years of my life where I walked away from God and did my own thing. I call it my temper tanrum. It was basically my being angry with God because I felt he took something away from me that I wanted. Since then, I've thanked him several times for not giving me what I thought I needed.

I don't see Christianity as a religion. It is a relationship with Jesus Christ. It's give and take, and a very personal intimate thing.

Churches and denominations will always be flawed and imperfect. People fill them. How could they be otherwise? If I had looked to a church or denomination for faith instead of my God, then I would have fallen away.