@scottyorange Being in church, actually. During a group prayer, the pastor was encouraging all of us Sunday school kids to close our eyes and pray, and open our hearts, and that we would feel Him with us. I did so very earnestly, as kids do, and I felt nothing, and as a 6 year old, assumed that maybe God didn't care much for me.
I credit this as my formative "not a religious person" experience.
@scottyorange I went to university in order to enter the seminary. Studying religion and philosophy opened my eyes.