Two things strike me about this R-pants.
1) I think this is the more common approach to deconversion (I have no stats on that) which is in stark contrast to how the process is viewed by theists in general. There seems to be a belief that we have an evil book that we read that changes our minds. Of course, we do, it's their Bible. Nice bit of irony there. They view us as unbelievers rather than disbelievers. I find it maddening.
2) That process of dabbling in the uncomfortable feelings of losing your religion before making the ultimate painless leap seems to also be a common thread. I wrote about that in my first ever post called The Comfortable Alien so I won't get into it here, but the main idea deals with the process of becoming more comfortable in uncomfortable situations.
1) I think this is the more common approach to deconversion (I have no stats on that) which is in stark contrast to how the process is viewed by theists in general. There seems to be a belief that we have an evil book that we read that changes our minds. Of course, we do, it's their Bible. Nice bit of irony there. They view us as unbelievers rather than disbelievers. I find it maddening.
2) That process of dabbling in the uncomfortable feelings of losing your religion before making the ultimate painless leap seems to also be a common thread. I wrote about that in my first ever post called The Comfortable Alien so I won't get into it here, but the main idea deals with the process of becoming more comfortable in uncomfortable situations.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
