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Re:Why I Stopped Arguing with People by al_borland on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:29AM (#48748496)
Do people really lose their religion because of logic and reason? I’ve never seen this. There is usually some deeper story. If someone asks me why I don’t believe, despite being raised in the church, I’ll simply say it didn’t make sense and babble on about reason and logic if they push. This is just a shield to avoid sharing the truth with people I don’t trust on a very deep level.
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Re:Why I Stopped Arguing with People by duped on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @11:41AM (#48748689)
Yes. Your experience is not every experience.
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Re:Why I Stopped Arguing with People by al_borland on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @12:31PM (#48749483)
This is why I said “usually”, and provided an example from my life, instead of saying “always” as if it was a universal fact.
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Re:Why I Stopped Arguing with People by Chu4eeno on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @12:35PM (#48749530)
No, but it's extremely common.

Whenever I've met people who claim to have "reasoned" their way out of religion it has always been extremely shallow teenage rebellion, and always driven by feelings.

Even aalewis was "euphoric".

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Re:Why I Stopped Arguing with People by SR2Z on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @07:05PM (#48754307)
Yes, it tends to be the youths who reason themselves out of religion precisely because they don't have a strong emotional connection to it.
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