I don't think the alternatives are are properly chosen in this poll. Both of the last two apply to me.
Yes, I felt some level of peace for many years as a practising Christian. It may have been based on an illusion but I felt it.
There came a time when I experienced a great deal of cognitive dissonance around my Christian faith. I was very agitated and felt anything but peaceful in those days. As a non-Christian I now feel much more at peace than I did then.
I find it difficult to compare the depth of peace which I felt as a Christian with the peace I now feel as a humanist. To me the comparison is almost meaningless since I now recognize my former Christian beliefs as illusory.
Yes, I felt some level of peace for many years as a practising Christian. It may have been based on an illusion but I felt it.
There came a time when I experienced a great deal of cognitive dissonance around my Christian faith. I was very agitated and felt anything but peaceful in those days. As a non-Christian I now feel much more at peace than I did then.
I find it difficult to compare the depth of peace which I felt as a Christian with the peace I now feel as a humanist. To me the comparison is almost meaningless since I now recognize my former Christian beliefs as illusory.
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people — House
