Exmormons who find that their family relations have suffered because they have left the church might like to listen to this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/p00xvb70
There are eery resemblances - sisters who are sure that the atheist still 'really' believes but just wants to be different, a mother who finds it impossible to eat in an atheist's house, accusations of 'betraying your people's history' ...
It appears that there is a limited range of human possibilities for dealing with disruption of highly valued but in the end imaginary thought structures.
Exmormons and black atheists
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Exmormons and black atheists
Zadok:
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.
I did not have a faith crisis. I discovered that the Church was having a truth crisis.
Maksutov:
That's the problem with this supernatural stuff, it doesn't really solve anything. It's a placeholder for ignorance.