RE: Help to de-convert!
August 4, 2016 at 8:00 am
(This post was last modified: August 4, 2016 at 8:03 am by GrandizerII.)
(August 4, 2016 at 7:58 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: Yes if they would listen. Maybe you'll talk to him and he'll get to upset and stop the conversation only to think about it for some time and then later come back at you with new "arguments" which you could easily topple.
Maybe you could just say "OK if you're so religious that means no more sex, because sex for unmarried is forbidden in xtiandom"
But when it comes to documentaries I would recommend "A Journey to Planet Sanity" (2013) it is a light documentary that goes head on against superstitious beliefs, but not religion itself, so he may find himself enjoying it and then at the end starting to question his beliefs little bit. Then you can proceed with "Secrets of the Psychics" which is similar documentary like the last one, but more serious and it doesn't tackle religion directly. Then maybe you could make him read book "Flim-Flam! Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions" which goes more deeply into explaining why superstitions don't work and even tackles religion.
After that he could maybe proceed to Carl Sagan's "Daemon Haunted World" and then Dawkins' "God Delusion".
If he takes all those steps he will be an atheist, but then you have to maintain it. Maybe by reading science books to see how people developed these theories of how the world functions and how we put them in use.
Do you guys really think this is such a great idea?
Why the emphasis on his beliefs anyway? There's more to a happy relationship/bond than anything to do with religious beliefs.
My partner is semi-religious. And she knows I'm a full on atheist. We don't make it such a big deal, though. She believes and worships God. Good for her. I don't care that she does. She's still someone I enjoy being with and have good bond with regardless.
