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Janice Selbie<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/deconstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconstruction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconversion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exchristian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exchristian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exvangelical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exvangelical</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/religiousparents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religiousparents</span></a> How about a birthday/deconstruction song, sung by ex-Christian parents like me:<br>I am sorry to you,<br>I am sorry to you.<br>For all the religious trauma,<br>I AM SORRY to you!<br>… I wish you peeeeeace ♥️</p>
Tofu Golem<p>Jehovah's Witnesses, scientologists, and Mormons are generally the worst about this, but other churches are awful to a wide variety of degrees, and it's not uncommon for evangelicals in small towns to respond with frequent acts of vandalism.</p><p>Imagine making a smaller, more vulnerable group miserable, then pointing at the fact that your group is happier as evidence that you are right and they are wrong.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religiouspersecution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religiouspersecution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconversion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apologetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apologetics</span></a></p><p>2/2</p>
Janice Selbie<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ReligiousTrauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousTrauma</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/faith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>faith</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deconstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconstruction</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconversion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/grief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grief</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mourning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mourning</span></a> WHEN I LOST MY FAITH, I ALSO LOST:<br>Community<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/worldview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldview</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meaning</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>purpose</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/afterlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>afterlife</span></a> fantasy<br>Structure<br>Support<br>Marriage<br>Sense of safety/protection<br>Hope<br>BUT I GAINED:<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autonomy</span></a><br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/curiosity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curiosity</span></a><br>Strength<br>Intellectual integrity<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> skills<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a><br>Self-love</p>
Tofu Golem<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arguing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arguing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apologetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apologetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconversion</span></a> <br>I was never a believer. Because of this, I'm fascinated with deconversion stories. I've probably read hundreds over the years.</p><p>I often hear the sentiment "It's pointless to argue with [obstinate group]. They will never change their minds."</p><p>Most of the atheists in my country are ex-Christians and living proof that this sentiment is false.</p><p>The process of deconversion can take months, years, or even decades to unfold,…</p><p>1/5</p>
Tofu Golem<p>I'm fascinated with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconversion</span></a> stories because I was never a believer, and I don't know if I would have been able to free myself from religious indoctrination.</p><p>I've probably read hundreds of deconversion stories. While my observations from this are more anecdotal than scientific, I've read a lot of these stories.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> has been in decline for decades now, and I occasionally see people pointing to this or that study that says most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atheists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheists</span></a> are coming from liberal denominations.</p><p>1/5</p>
Tofu Golem<p>Liberal vs Conservative Churches on Deconversion</p><p>I have a fascination with <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deconversion</span></a> stories because I was never a believer, and thus, I don't actually know if I would have been able to overcome <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religious</span></a> indoctrination. Having read a large number of deconversion stories, there's one thing a lot of people get wrong about deconversion.</p><p>There are many studies that make it sound like liberal denominations are more likely to drive people away from <a href="https://mastodon.lol/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a>, and that's simply wrong.</p><p>1/6</p>
Janice Selbie<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/2SLGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2SLGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/neurodivergant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergant</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Deconversion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deconversion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/religioustraumasyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religioustraumasyndrome</span></a></p>
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