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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 ra
by _-david-_ 5y ago
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.
- 8note 5y agoApostasy 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
- _-david-_ 5y agoI am talking about religion in general in the West (since that is what the article is about). People frequently stop being Christian for example.
- whatshisface 5y agoYes 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.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoI would be curious if you could find a rule book that says you must believe this rule book.