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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by _-david-_ on Saturday June 12, 2021 @08:18PM (#27488610)
Individuals, including religious people, frequently change their mind. Have you never met a person who used to be religious, and I am not just talking about raised religiously but actually believing, lose their faith? The idea that religious people are religious just because they don't want to change their views is ridiculous.
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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by 8note on Saturday June 12, 2021 @08:47PM (#27488764)
Apostasy is a death penalty offence for some religions, and the cause of a fair number of wars in other religions.

Its certainly frowned upon in general

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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by _-david-_ on Saturday June 12, 2021 @09:22PM (#27488964)
I am talking about religion in general in the West (since that is what the article is about). People frequently stop being Christian for example.
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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by whatshisface on Sunday June 13, 2021 @02:54AM (#27490390)
Yes they do it, but that's clearly against the rules of their religion. You can only decide that a religion is not true while not practicing that religion, because curiously they all have the same virtue-associated principle of never reaching that conclusion.
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Re:As religious faith has declined, ideological intensity ha... by mensetmanusman on Sunday June 13, 2021 @12:01PM (#27493674)
I would be curious if you could find a rule book that says you must believe this rule book.
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