(April 13, 2012 at 2:21 pm)SavageNerdz Wrote: I think myself as most people would try to reason with themThis doesn't bother me. I couldn't give a fuck about what they think or feel is true and neither does reality.
Its not my job to go around crushing the beliefs and faith of every theist I come across. They often do that all by themselves trying to prove their sky daddy exists and the smart ones eventually deconvert, leaving their imaginary friends behind them.
I can't speak for you though. But not all the reason in the world will change a devout believer who's invested a lot into their religious concepts in a single day. Argue all you want, but you won't gain any ground and you'll have to realise expecting them to let go of their indoctrinated security blanket that is their god instantly, just like that, is simply unrealistic.
Even if the Christians you're dealing with aren't -batshit crazy- remember, deconversion is a painfully long-drawn out mental process that can take years. Unless you want them committing suicide during this exercise you need to bolster them up with anti-nihilist outlooks about our world first. Help them care about what really matters. If you going to de-construct what they view as 'the source of all their pleasure and joy' [God/Jesus], then be supportive by filling that void with secular sources of the awe of our natural vast and complex universe first.
Quote:About this time my rage would boil over and i'd be sending them to their "heaven", also known as shock as the blood empties from their bodies onto the floor!Dude, take a chill pill. You're scaring me. >.>
