RE: Glad to hear church wasn't the reason
October 7, 2010 at 11:32 am
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2010 at 11:44 am by Anomalocaris.)
(October 7, 2010 at 11:26 am)Sherry Wrote:(October 7, 2010 at 11:22 am)leo-rcc Wrote:(October 7, 2010 at 10:51 am)Sherry Wrote: Why would they be glad to hear that wasn't the reason?
Probably because then the reason for deconversion is just an emotional response, not a rational reasoning.
Sounds good. Deconversion because of getting hurt by the church would seem to dimish the validity of becoming an atheist at least for that person. Rationality should be the reason, if any, rather than anger.
None of the christian churches i've had any contacts with would be so particular if that was given as the reason for conversion rather than deconversion. At the very least the church would grasp at the perceived opening. In fact reasons just like this were video taped with glee for later dissemination as "testimonial".
(October 7, 2010 at 11:31 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: Plus, I personally would rather not hear of a friend deconverting because of emotional or physical abuse by someone in their Church, if you want to take mistreatment to that level. I include the "you're going to hell" statements made in some of the fundamentalist and Baptist churches I've come across. Horrible thing to tell a person.Well, not so horrible. I would rather go to hell than disseminate the uninformed tattle of fundamentalism.
