Apologist Matt Slick's atheist daughter tells of her experience growing up

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I was a frequent to CARM, however I was not a Calvinist. I felt her pain when it came to religion. I was too educated to be critical and independent thinker. However, my parents were rarely “religious” beyond typical Christian morals. My de-conversion was purely intellectual with a hint of emotional pain . It has been a year since I took that plunge into the “abyss” and even still my emotionshave trouble catching up. I am sure a few of my posts ring of theistic leanings and has plenty of fallacies and lack of reason. You do not discount years of Christian teaching in year. Also to point out that we as a family never really had “debates” or even read our bible outside of advent season. The troubles she had reflects the same feeling that I have had. The trauma of realizing all your apologetic knowledge, sharp logic, and fear of punishment was pointless. While I learned great respect and morals from my old religion. It only suppressed my true self and my true expression of myself.

I understand that I still have plenty of logical fallacies to work through. I mean the agnostic world view is new to me, and to fully rationalize it will take time. Which is why I think atheists/agnostics need some kind of support for people to help them “detox” themselves. It really does take time, what people need to do is teach. Like I teach myself every day, you do not have to be right all the time and admitting mistakes, either logical or factual is good for growth. I think more and more “Preachers Kids” are growing up and pulling away from religoun. I think we are growing also as a species.