(November 29, 2013 at 3:01 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote: I mentioned it here once before(so obviously you aren't quite the fan of my posting as I narcissistically believed), but yeah, I have...sorta.
Whenever it was brought up to her, my wife would claim to be Southern Baptist. Thing is, she hasn't been in a church since she was a preteen. Hell, she never once even mentioned jesus, said a prayer, touched a bible, smote a heathen, etc. (She's big on karma, though). I finally pressed her on it out of curiosity. After a bit of kvetching, she realized she was saying she's baptist out of habit. She still thinks there is 'something' to god notions, so long as it keeps her granny's ghost around, anyway. (Kinda dumb, but at least she's no fundy.)
So, not really me assisting a deconversion, but clarifying an existing one.
I have read countless de-conversion stories online. There are some in which the subject realizes that s/he has not been to church in years, not prayed, not studied the doctrine and comes to the conclusion that s/he no longer believes the bullshit.
Some end it with a big bang and others just quietly drift away. Among those who convert to a religion in adulthood they average about a year with the church and then get bored or disgusted with it. This is across the board -- evangelical xtianity, Mormonism, Krishnas, Moonies, etc. About a year on average.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste -- don't pollute it with bullshit.