Christian subversion and missionary activities -2

[acharya]

Great Post. Your deconversion is a sure argument against people that claim you must have had a bad experience to leave the church or you must be angry at god. No, you simply stopped and thought about all you've learned in both science and religion, weighed it and foun the religion to be hogwash, for want of a better term. I read on this site someone once posted that staes if more christians read their bibles, more of them would leave the faith. I reckon that to be true. I know the agony that you mentioned about leaving all you know behind. I went through a similar experience at about the same time you did. May / June of 2006. I am way happier and more content now after I kicked religion to the curb. I wish the same to you.


Enjoyed your post and looking forward to hearing more about you. Your deconversion shoots holes in many of the Christian beliefs. Too bad many won't get it. Take care and thanks again. Jim Earl


Thanks, Candid. I loved the metaphor of the cable, wrapped by your parents, that you never learned to tie for yourself. Sort of like some disinherited Victorian prince who has to learn to dress himself for the first time as an adult.

I've read theories about the duality of our minds (the creative child and the rational adult). I am partial to the theory that there is a healthy tension between these, with the former giving us imagination and far reaching vision, while the latter gives those visions form. Your post makes me think of the cost of inhibiting the child-brain with dogma and fixed, uncompromising models. I suspect that the balance can still be reestablished.