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Funny little de-conversion
October 1, 2012 at 7:57 pm
(This post was last modified: October 1, 2012 at 8:02 pm by will_alltogether.)
There's a girl I've been talking to for a while, and she's pretty in to me. When we had our first serious conversation a couple months ago, I said I don't believe in any god, and she said she believes in god, but not the Christian one. I dropped it immediately, and didn't bring it up again.
We've talked a lot about everything, and I've noticed that she's been agreeing with me more and more lately. I mentioned that I'm an atheist for the second time at dinner the other night, pointing out that nobody can give me a solid rational argument for the existence of god. She replied by saying "Yeah, I'm thoroughly atheist. The idea of god just isn't reasonable." Not exactly her shining moment intellectually, but I feel fairly accomplished for "converting" someone without even arguing 
My own transition was much longer and less interesting, and involved realizing how damn much sense evolution makes and how it's a bullshit neo-christian copout to pick and choose which parts of the Bible you take seriously. Realizing that I couldn't be a fundamentalist and I wasn't willing to half ass it, I slowly became an "agnostic", then learned to call myself an atheist as I became more comfortable in my new world-view.
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 1, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Good for you! Too bad that all conversion stories aren't that painless..
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 2, 2012 at 12:46 am
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 2, 2012 at 12:49 am
 Welcome. My deconversion was pretty sudden. The first time it even occured to me that one didn't have to believe in god I became agnostic. The second time it occured to me I became an athesit.
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 2, 2012 at 3:01 am
(October 1, 2012 at 7:57 pm)will_alltogether Wrote: There's a girl I've been talking to for a while, and she's pretty in to me. When we had our first serious conversation a couple months ago, I said I don't believe in any god, and she said she believes in god, but not the Christian one. I dropped it immediately, and didn't bring it up again.
We've talked a lot about everything, and I've noticed that she's been agreeing with me more and more lately. I mentioned that I'm an atheist for the second time at dinner the other night, pointing out that nobody can give me a solid rational argument for the existence of god. She replied by saying "Yeah, I'm thoroughly atheist. The idea of god just isn't reasonable." Not exactly her shining moment intellectually, but I feel fairly accomplished for "converting" someone without even arguing
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WOW!
That is impressive on one level.
But I think there is a fairly low threshold in general for entry to Team Atheism. Or should I say Non-Stamp Collecting?
Like you say...''Not exactly her shining moment intellectually''
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 2, 2012 at 3:21 am
Welcome, the wife and I had an intellectual conversation the other week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb-f8CTafHs
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 2, 2012 at 8:15 am
(October 2, 2012 at 3:01 am)Lion IRC Wrote: Or should I say Non-Stamp Collecting?
Wait, what? No no no, lets dwell on whatever this is for a moment.
Elaborate.
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RE: Funny little de-conversion
October 2, 2012 at 8:38 am
will_alltogether Wrote:My own transition was much longer and less interesting, and involved realizing how damn much sense evolution makes and how it's a bullshit neo-christian copout to pick and choose which parts of the Bible you take seriously.
My parents are non-practicing Catholics that believe in evolution. I was talking to my dad about evolution and god and I told him the problem I had theologically: if Genesis isn't literal, then what the hell did Jesus die for? A metaphor? My dad doesn't dwell on these thoughts like I do and he didn't really see any solution.
I wish I could meet a Catholic that could tell me how it actually works out theologically... Anyways, nice story!
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