YES

It's been 10yrs since my deconstruction began, and while I don't think there's a place for me at church anymore, I've never considered atheism. Like the Temple - which started out as a traveling tent, became a structure (b/c the people wanted it that way) that God himself left at one point, and by the end of the OT it was just a building. Yes, Jesus entered it, but he spent way more time in homes and in hillsides. It's a metaphor, not an excuse. I think wandering might be my real place.

I didn’t. I became a Pagan…then years later an atheist.

There is another view or philosophy called universalism. Even Christian preachers like CH Toy and Billy Graham eventually came to terms with logic and decided universalism makes more sense than a ruthless, hateful dictator god who thrives on human suffering and wants to throw people into a burning pit of torment for eternity. Universalists can be atheists too, but not necessary.