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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by pstuart on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @11:34AM (#44877660)
People are wired to worship, and want somebody in charge telling them what to do.

I'm a staunch atheist and I feel the pull all the time.

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Re:Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults? by hn_acc1 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @09:09PM (#44883608)
I slowly deconverted from being raised evangelical / fundamentalist into being an atheist in my late 40s. I still "pray" at times just to (mentally) shout my frustration at the sorry state of the world at SOMETHING (even nothing) rather than constantly yelling my frustration at my family.

I may have actually been less anxious about the state of the world back then, and may have remained so, if I'd just continued to ignore all those little contradictions that I just couldn't ignore anymore...... But I feel SO MUCH less personal guilt about being "human".

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