Shouldn't Churches Learn from Deconversion Stories?

What about the need for belief? To me, belief is hope. Reassurance. I'll admit, however, that it can be fantasy. My hope is that my belief does not conflict with known logic, reason, and reality.

It all boils down to the core message that is agreed upon.

Upon reexamining this topic, I note that it asks good questions.What can I (we) learn from talking with people who once believed as I do yet moved on? Ultimately, by examining the faith (or lack of) among others, we can learn more about ourselves.

My family all have their individual beliefs, and we never let our beliefs get in the way of our love for each other.I would not call my experience in life de-conversion so much as I see it as reconversion. I believe the way I do through introspection, comparing beliefs with reality, and to a degree through what I hope is true.

Hopefully, we evolve every day. I prefer to think of it as recreation. (RE-Creation.)I have learned a lot from many different people----especially the ones with whom I disagree. You can't learn much in a room full of sheeple(one of Buzsaws favorite words )I realize full well that many of my beliefs are illogical and don't make a lot of sense. There are two reasons I hold on to them.1) Its a heart issue, not a rational logical mind issue. Im in a love affair with the Creator of all seen and unseen.2) The experiences that I have had confirm my bias towards belief.

We are called believers and not knowers for a reason.Knowers are entirely evidence based. If they don't know---they will not bother with belief.Another element of deconversion has to do with how well you accept and/or bond with the group. Its not always about rejecting the belief in God...sometimes its rejecting the mindset of the people in the group.