Similar to others, I think I progressed:
Christian > doubting Christian > angry Christian > almost atheist still scared of hell > comfortable atheist
I actually didn't go through much of a disillusioned stage. I spent my final death throes of theism getting increasingly angry at a god that would allow this world and getting increasingly sick of standard apologetics. Once I got to the point I realized I didn't believe in God, there was this lingering doubt that I was failing a test or something, and that I'd go to hell for apostasy. That kept me from admitting to myself that I was atheist for a good six months.
Once I got comfortable with it and stopped worrying about hell, the biggest thing was how I would occasionally have a knee-jerk reaction to any particular thing, then realize that the stance was rooted in previously-held Christian beliefs, and then I'd have to reevaluate how I felt about the matter.
Christian > doubting Christian > angry Christian > almost atheist still scared of hell > comfortable atheist
(March 20, 2014 at 4:20 am)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: So is their like a 12 step program or a stages of grief thing for new atheists.
Stage one seems to be Disillusionment.
I actually didn't go through much of a disillusioned stage. I spent my final death throes of theism getting increasingly angry at a god that would allow this world and getting increasingly sick of standard apologetics. Once I got to the point I realized I didn't believe in God, there was this lingering doubt that I was failing a test or something, and that I'd go to hell for apostasy. That kept me from admitting to myself that I was atheist for a good six months.
Once I got comfortable with it and stopped worrying about hell, the biggest thing was how I would occasionally have a knee-jerk reaction to any particular thing, then realize that the stance was rooted in previously-held Christian beliefs, and then I'd have to reevaluate how I felt about the matter.
