I left the religion (cult) I was raised in in my 30s. That’s a change in my whole outlook and ideology, from door to door preaching about an old book which claims to be about love despite also saying what to hate (and other stuff like support of slavery, though they didn’t preach that part much) to being someone who now fully supports many of the things that old book condemned. Lost all my friends, and parts of my family think I’m now going down wrong path etc.

Just because you can’t doesn’t mean others can’t. As long as you’re willing to examine your life and change things you used to believe when presented with new evidence, that can change a lot about you. While I never really bought into the hate side from the start, it took some effort to stop thinking a vengeful God in the sky was going to punish me for having doubts. I finally came across something that expanded one of those pushed down doubts and was able to shake that, and realize that even what I thought was me being sorta open minded was still just wrong.

If you get to that point in life, it could appear to some that you’ve completely changed, and it could be surprising.