RE: IF you deconverted in midlife, can you help?
October 13, 2018 at 6:33 pm
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2018 at 7:07 pm by vulcanlogician.)
(October 13, 2018 at 6:17 pm)CarveTheFive Wrote: If you’re afraid of hell you must believe in hell and if you believe in hell youre not an atheist.
I'd like to dispute this remark. Just because you've come to a logical conclusion about God's nonexistence doesn't mean you can immediately erase years of indoctrination... stuff that's engrained... often at an emotional level.
If you find out that a romantic partner (with whom you were seriously involved) is a backstabbing, two-timing bitch, you don't then immediately overcome all the feelings/hopes/dreams that were associated with her. It's a process. (Especially considering the tactics some religious organizations use to instill such beliefs in the first place.)
