RE: A fear of relapse
March 20, 2015 at 8:26 am
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2015 at 8:27 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
Hello, URlawyer!
Thank you for sharing your background story. My experience has been very similar to yours. My early faith was not particularly strong for lack of proper instruction. I gradually discarded each belief until none remained and admitted to myself that I was functionally an atheist so I might as well be an intellectual one as well. Some members of my family were concerned but if you don't press the issue, the general love family members have for each other overrides everything else.Like you I maintained an atheist stance for many years, except I actually did take the next step and reconfirmed my Christian faith.
You used the word 'logic' three times in your post. If you do regain your belief it will most likely not be for emotional reasons. I lost my faith because of rational analysis and likewise I regained it mostly as a result of reason applied to experience. You can never truly go back to your original position, but your newly found faith will be stronger and more grounded.
I wish you all the best and enjoy your time here.
Thank you for sharing your background story. My experience has been very similar to yours. My early faith was not particularly strong for lack of proper instruction. I gradually discarded each belief until none remained and admitted to myself that I was functionally an atheist so I might as well be an intellectual one as well. Some members of my family were concerned but if you don't press the issue, the general love family members have for each other overrides everything else.Like you I maintained an atheist stance for many years, except I actually did take the next step and reconfirmed my Christian faith.
You used the word 'logic' three times in your post. If you do regain your belief it will most likely not be for emotional reasons. I lost my faith because of rational analysis and likewise I regained it mostly as a result of reason applied to experience. You can never truly go back to your original position, but your newly found faith will be stronger and more grounded.
I wish you all the best and enjoy your time here.
