RE: A fear of relapse
March 20, 2015 at 8:25 am
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2015 at 8:28 am by robvalue.)
Hello, welcome 
Congratulations on coming through to reality! I'm sorry to hear you are struggling, from what I've heard it is very common. You're fighting against the indoctrinated pre-programmed part of your brain that has been cultivated by those around you. Please continue to talk to us about everything on your mind, and we'll all help you
My advice is hang onto that logic. Logic beats religion every single time with no contest. Religion goes for the emotion, blackmail, torment, threats, slander... all the dirty underhand tactics. The reason religion does this is that it has no actual rational arguments at all. It can sometimes put something forward that seems like a logical argument, but every time it can be dissected. If you find any sticking in your mind, please post them and we'll help you rip them apart. I've got a big section about common tricks they pull on my website here which may help.
Of course I can't say for sure, but once you're out, I think it's extremely unlikely you'd get sucked back in. Parts of your brain may try, but it can never fully get you unless you really believe it is all true again. And when you've seen through it, that shouldn't happen. It can make you suffer and feel guilt though, again tools religion uses to try and stop people leaving. But you are in the right, you have been wronged from the start and this is not something you should have had to do in the first place. You were forced into religion against your choice, and now you're regaining your sanity.
Norman is right, give it time and it will almost certainly improve, this is the message I have got from people in your position. Also, try laughing at religion as much as possible. I love taking the piss out of the whole thing, pointing at its inconsistencies and failings. Kick it to the curb for the bunch of superstitious bullshit that it is.
Just to warn you, we have some resident christians who will most likely smell blood and try and drop massive guilt trips on you. If they do this, just ignore them or tell them to fuck off. They do it with everyone.
Take care and enjoy the forum
Congratulations on coming through to reality! I'm sorry to hear you are struggling, from what I've heard it is very common. You're fighting against the indoctrinated pre-programmed part of your brain that has been cultivated by those around you. Please continue to talk to us about everything on your mind, and we'll all help you
My advice is hang onto that logic. Logic beats religion every single time with no contest. Religion goes for the emotion, blackmail, torment, threats, slander... all the dirty underhand tactics. The reason religion does this is that it has no actual rational arguments at all. It can sometimes put something forward that seems like a logical argument, but every time it can be dissected. If you find any sticking in your mind, please post them and we'll help you rip them apart. I've got a big section about common tricks they pull on my website here which may help.
Of course I can't say for sure, but once you're out, I think it's extremely unlikely you'd get sucked back in. Parts of your brain may try, but it can never fully get you unless you really believe it is all true again. And when you've seen through it, that shouldn't happen. It can make you suffer and feel guilt though, again tools religion uses to try and stop people leaving. But you are in the right, you have been wronged from the start and this is not something you should have had to do in the first place. You were forced into religion against your choice, and now you're regaining your sanity.
Norman is right, give it time and it will almost certainly improve, this is the message I have got from people in your position. Also, try laughing at religion as much as possible. I love taking the piss out of the whole thing, pointing at its inconsistencies and failings. Kick it to the curb for the bunch of superstitious bullshit that it is.
Just to warn you, we have some resident christians who will most likely smell blood and try and drop massive guilt trips on you. If they do this, just ignore them or tell them to fuck off. They do it with everyone.
Take care and enjoy the forum
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