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Convertion Age
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Convertion Age
I have noticed a high amount of people leaving their faith around the ages of 10-13. Is there a psychological reason for this? Because, it can't just be a coincidence.
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RE: Convertion Age
Kids stop believing in Santa Claus around 5-6.  Jesus and the rest of this horseshit takes twice as long.
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(September 13, 2016 at 3:59 pm)A Handmaid Wrote: I have noticed a high amount of people leaving their faith around the ages of 10-13. Is there a psychological reason for this? Because, it can't just be a coincidence.

That's the age when children adopt the belief that their parents are full of shit.  Since religion is based on the authority of trusted persons rather than on evidence, then when that trust goes, the belief may go as well.
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I actively abandoned god belief when I was 13. Before that I simply didn't think critically about it. Maybe I didn't have the necessary mental faculties before, or it's got something to do with questioning everything during puberty, idk
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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I wish I had given up religion at 13. That would have saved me a lot of trouble later on.
I don't believe you. Get over it.
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Well 7 for me; the trigger was First Communion in Catholic School, at which point it became obvious that people were lying in order to impress each other, that led on to a cascade of attempting to find something that I could verify. The inevitable failure resulted in the conclusion that I simply did not believe in the claims.

Identifying that initial trigger may be easier with some than with others.
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?
-Esquilax

Evolution - Adapt or be eaten.
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