(May 1, 2017 at 11:51 am)pulzar Wrote: I am working on a research dealing with religion, conspiracy theories and pseudoscience. The goal is to find out what factors play the key role in deconversion from such ideas.
If you dropped your religious, conspiracy or pseudoscience beliefs, what made you change your views? I know it is usually very long and complicated journey, but try to zoom out on the main factors.
I am also interested whether any kind of ridicule / poking fun / comedy or calls for self-deprecation played any role?
Learning critical thinking skills I didn't previously possess, reading books written by atheists, debating with atheists online, disillusionment with Christians I once idolized, reading the whole Bible one last time, studying psychology, realizing arguments for God did not support the necessity of God's existence, appreciating arguments against God, commitment to intellectual honesty, etc.