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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 6:57 am
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(July 19, 2018 at 12:51 am)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: I've read posts from a couple people who have claimed that the internet, and especially atheist message boards, are what helped them kick the crutch, but I don't remember any of them being here... Except for one troll/chuckle-fuck who tried to pose as a newly de-converted atheist, failed miserably, recanted his de-conversion and was banned shortly thereafter. Don't remember the clown's user name though.
I was raised as an evangelical Christian fundamentalist, and so, it can and does happen.
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 7:07 am
Uncle Ben.
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 9:02 am
I did, well at least from Christianity. Still haven't embraced Atheism, as I think there's something bigger than us all even if I can't perceive it or even name it.
Though less because of the atheists here and more because of the Christians here. So many of them are downright assholes who make it pretty clear Jesus wasn't a good guy.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 12:48 pm
(July 19, 2018 at 12:01 am)ignoramus Wrote: I thought Aractus told us he no longer believes.
And then he stopped posting soon after. 
Didn't he have Vincent Price's black/white avatar. It looked like the old bloke who was working for Darth Vader if you ask me.
The one they reanimated for the New SW.
Indeed. Aractus deconverted, but he had some controversial views, ended up ragequitting over the heat he got back. A year or so after deconversion.
Also Jacob(smooth) deconverted, he slowly stopped posting and I dunno what is up with him.
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 12:55 pm
I woke up long before the internet came along. Books {shudder} did it for me.
Now some wiseass will come along and say "Scrolls."
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 1:11 pm
(July 19, 2018 at 12:55 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I woke up long before the internet came along. Books {shudder} did it for me.
Now some wiseass will come along and say "Scrolls."
I think you mean "Stone Carvings"
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 1:46 pm
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(July 19, 2018 at 12:51 am)The Gentleman Bastard Wrote: I've read posts from a couple people who have claimed that the internet, and especially atheist message boards, are what helped them kick the crutch, but I don't remember any of them being here... Except for one troll/chuckle-fuck who tried to pose as a newly de-converted atheist, failed miserably, recanted his de-conversion and was banned shortly thereafter. Don't remember the clown's user name though.
You can claim me as one! I lurked on these boards for years and along with research and my very scary jump from my fear of hell to logic and reason, I got there. I'm in the closet though as my family and many friends are Christians. I saw how the Xtians acted and responded to science and truth, it disgusted me and turned me away. I went to an fundamentalist evangelical church against my will, my parents forced me to go 
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 1:56 pm
I think there are people who have wobbled back and forth, but I think those are mentally unstable folk to begin with. Other than that . . . nope.
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 7:51 pm
I saw several deconversions on a defunct Star Trek message board which had a sub-forum specifically for politics, religion and other controversial stuff. One of the deconverted had been a minister. I saw him go from fundy, to mysticist, to Deist and finally, atheist. It took about three years.
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RE: Has anyone here deconverted because of AF?
July 19, 2018 at 8:26 pm
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If I hadn't found this forum, I might have faked it to go to the most moderate Church in town for social purposes, at least 6 months after I first became an Atheist, anyway. I tried that for awhile.
All the "God, God , he's so great" got on my nerves though. Even the mild homophobia at that church got on my nerves, too.
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