Very eloquently written and resonates very strongly with me. I had my own falling-out with religion, but I suppose my deconversion might have been a bit less intense than yours, since I never really had anyone force me into as a child, I simply joined into it cuz I found that a person who was an adherent happened to be very nice to me [a rare occurrence earlier in my life], and then fell out of it once I realized it was the person and not the faith that resulted in someone being good or kind.
Good on you for deciding to stop drinking the kool-aid, and really, I wish I'd been there for your confirmation, just so I could have had a deep belly laugh when you didn't faint like you were supposed to. I always found those instances to be the most amusing, like the whole thing with going into convulsions and babbling in tongues. "Oh it must be the lord!" Riiiight, it totally isn't social induction; that's not idiotic enough to be real...
But yeah, congrats on dropping the faith and adopting the rational point of view, and I for one am very glad to see that it is bringing you more comfort and peace. All too often are we apostates and heretics stricken with depression and hopelessness when the lie comes crashing down.
Good on you for deciding to stop drinking the kool-aid, and really, I wish I'd been there for your confirmation, just so I could have had a deep belly laugh when you didn't faint like you were supposed to. I always found those instances to be the most amusing, like the whole thing with going into convulsions and babbling in tongues. "Oh it must be the lord!" Riiiight, it totally isn't social induction; that's not idiotic enough to be real...
But yeah, congrats on dropping the faith and adopting the rational point of view, and I for one am very glad to see that it is bringing you more comfort and peace. All too often are we apostates and heretics stricken with depression and hopelessness when the lie comes crashing down.
