RE: ironic deconversion
December 8, 2010 at 7:38 pm
(This post was last modified: December 8, 2010 at 7:43 pm by skeptic68.)
(December 8, 2010 at 7:03 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Interesting story.
As a 'retired' catholic I can understand how people who are raised in it may never question it. I cannot see how anyone could ever willingly accept their bullshit after having attained the age of 10 or 11.
Minimalist, for me, the conversion to Catholicism was an emotional reaction. I was soothed and comforted by the order and ceremony of the Mass. I had just moved 3,000 miles away from my home and family, was feeling very uprooted and overwhelmed and was vulnerable to something that offered emotional solace. Plus, the whole idea of the priest being "Father" when I was missing my own parents so much can't be a coincidence in my choice of this faith, either. As humans, we are both rational and emotional and do not always do things that make sense. This conversion being one of those things. However, I have always been a cynical, skeptical kind of gal, and the initial emotional draw just wasn't enough in the long run. At the age of 41, I decided I was no longer going to drink the Kool Aid and I haven't looked back.
(December 8, 2010 at 7:30 pm)Paul the Human Wrote: Interesting story, indeed. Does your husband honestly believe or is he just taken with the community and feeling of belonging that the church provides? Perhaps the local Moose Lodge have been just as good for him.
Paul, he says he believes, although everyone who knows him well is astounded by that fact, as am I. In most respects, he is a very critical thinker and quite brilliant, but there something about Christian faith right now that just gives him what he needs. I am rather bemused by it all and am just sitting back watching how all this will play out in our family in years to come. Atheist mom and daughter and devout Catholic dad and son--sounds like a bad reality show.....
