De-conversion Testimonies

Tony

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Does anyone have an interesting de-conversion story they'd like to share?
 
I was de-converted from atheism. Do you want to here that kind of story?
 
I stopped going to church when I was 15.

In true adolescent style, I questioned the foundations and tenets of the church. I was blown off and temporarily suspended from youth group activities.

Without being bitter about it, I discovered profound gnosis in structured use of psychedelics and responsible forays in to sexuality.

I met a reformed Mormon a few years later, and discovered through him that morality is present in non-religious people, and and more thoroughly grounded in ethics that don't arise from dogma and fear.

Thats just a quick gloss-over, but yes; I used to believe that the crackers of christ were flesh, and the grape juice was blood ;)

DTS
 
Honestly, I couldn't care less about testimony. You can't prove anything with it, and of course, your personal experiences may vary greatly. What reason is there to give any attention to testimonials unless you're in a courtroom?
 
My deconversion started when a Jehovah's Witness knocked on my door. 5 long years later, I had gone from very religious, to Atheist.

"Been a long road, gettin' from there to here."
 
I took a look at other religons, and simply found Wicca more peaceful. Much more peaceful, and in my opinion a more solid moral system.
 
I never deconverted... obviously because I was never a Christian in the first place. I've always been an atheist.

I grew up in a very religious household. And my parents were the most conservative Christians imaginable--Southern Baptists. It was always fun because I never believed for a second that God could exist... Hell I never believed for a second that Santa could exist. My family wasnt the best place to show any kind of a religious tension (God forbid a child have opinions that differ from his parents...) so you can see how it wouldn't go over well.

Funny story:
My parents tried to put me in the Church Choir against my will when I was 10. My stubborn opposition and particularly foul mouth must have made the baby Jesus cry. Not only did I not believe in God, or want to go to church, or be around horny old preists, I didnt want to add to that humilation by singing in a crowded room filled with strangers. To make a long story short, the guy who got set on fire survived with minor burns and the preist had to change out his blood (and urine) soaked robe... oh my bad, thats the another story, the real ending is that I got myself kicked out of the Choir group. :D
 
It all started when Jesus came to me in a dream and said "God is love" before being eaten by a nightmarish monstrosity of ineffable terror. And that's when I found Cthulhu, the lovable eldrich horror who just wants to devour you and everything else. In that dream Cthulhu went on to eat God, Satan, Allah, Buddha, Vishnu, Ahura-Mazda, BillieFan, and all the others. Then Nylarthotep showed up and started destroying everything...
 
I abandoned religion when I was around 14 and I started developing a little thing called common sense.
 
If "common sense" really common, why are so many people religious?
 
c4ts said:
If "common sense" really common, why are so many people religious?
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It ain't as common as the term itself would have us believe.
 
LCBOY said:
I was de-converted from atheism. Do you want to here that kind of story?
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Were you a knowledgeable atheist or an "I ignore religion" atheist?
 
Teh Wiccan said:
I took a look at other religons, and simply found Wicca more peaceful. Much more peaceful, and in my opinion a more solid moral system.
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I agree that Wicca is a more peacful, moral religion than most. (My wife is Wiccan). However too many Wiccans are susceptible to the most bizarre versions of new-age bullsh!t. At our pagan gatherings, you can see booths for Kirlian photography, ear candling, Reiki, crystal therapy and dozens of other things that would qualify for the Randi million if they could be proved.

I love Wiccans very much. I just wish there weren't so many of them that are so very gullible.

(BTW, TW, you can probably write Linda to get your unfortunate misspelling corrected.)
 
I deconverted a catholic friend. He had a lot of faith in Virgin of Guadalupe (a very popular virgin in Mexico) and he was always telling me how much he loved her and how much she had helped him in his life.
I couldn't convince him that it was a fraud, but then a scientist published a report about his investigation on the image that was assumed to be the result of a miracle. He found that the image was painted in Spain in the XV century.
He stopped believing in her. And I think that he doesn't believe in God anymore. :D
 
Tricky said:

I agree that Wicca is a more peacful, moral religion than most. (My wife is Wiccan). However too many Wiccans are susceptible to the most bizarre versions of new-age bullsh!t. At our pagan gatherings, you can see booths for Kirlian photography, ear candling, Reiki, crystal therapy and dozens of other things that would qualify for the Randi million if they could be proved.

I love Wiccans very much. I just wish there weren't so many of them that are so very gullible.

(BTW, TW, you can probably write Linda to get your unfortunate misspelling corrected.)
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Teh Wiccan's named is misspelled on purpose.

Personally, I wish there weren't so many Wiccans, period. And Christians. And Muslims. And Shintoists. And Scientologists. And so on...
 
Lord Kenneth said:


Teh Wiccan's named is misspelled on purpose.

Personally, I wish there weren't so many Wiccans, period. And Christians. And Muslims. And Shintoists. And Scientologists. And so on...
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Whoa whoa whoa! That is of the utmost "uncoolness".

Personally I like Wiccans. I used to have tons of Wiccan friends in college. For the most part, they are as nice as you can imagine (they are the Mormons of the Pagan world).
 
LCBOY said:
The former, knowlwedeable atheist.
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You speak like Elmer Fudd! :)


What turned you to the dark side?

Was it an intervention? Miracle? You may have already told me and I forgot.
 
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