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Non-Religious Conversion Reactions (Angry / Sad)?
Desert Fox:
Let me try redoing the thread a bit here. Hard to word very well.
You often hear from the religious an almost fear that losing religious belief causes some type of intrinsic loss inside the person. That their life will lose meaning and that the person will be angry or sad over this loss.
Further, has anybody spoken to a non believer who is actively angry (or sad) about having lost their belief? That they wish they could go back to believing once again?
Most that I have listened to feel that they have gained something instead and seem generally happier about it. Not saying that nobody who have lost their religious belief feel they lost something but suspect it is extremely rare.
JD Holwick:
if i am understanding your question correctly, i can say from my own experience that my conversion from theism to atheism was a slow and gradual process (with many oddities in belief along the way) and i certainly didn't act with hostility or anger towards the process. in fact, i quite welcomed the change and i now find it much more natural and fulfilling to be an atheist than i ever did believing in god. --- jd
Desert Fox:
I tried rewording so it makes more sense. . .
Your answer though is basically what I asked
mjtolsma:
The now atheist persons I've spoken to mostly tell that they almost feel lied to when they were younger. They absolutely feel more satisfied nowadays.
seaotter:
Once you take the red pill....
He'll, I don't know, I've never believed.
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