My dad is a professional evangelical - gets paid for writing books and going around debating people. I didn't realize until after I lost my faith how that approach to information was so radically different to the non-religious - not just in content but the narratives around (cont
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If a person's belief system contradicts reality, then reality inevitably becomes a war against that person.
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What changed you(r mind) when you were in this bubble? How did you start to see things differently?
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I was Christian for about 8 years and there was absolutely no way someone other than myself could have changed my beliefs.
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Also, given the mandate is to “spread the good news”, the default mode is advocacy rather than inquiry. It’s not easy to maintain an open mind when you view yourself as enlightened.
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As an "atheist" son of a Jehovah's Witness, I don't even have words to tell how much identified I feel with this thread. My most fundamental belief is that beliefs aren't a war zone.
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If you open your beliefs to public critique you will be surprised
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A Key thread th end the year on.
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It took me way too many years to get to this point.
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"There is a war between the rich & poor There is a war between the man & the woman There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say that there isn't"
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