These are not easy movements, decisions, and paths to take. For me, it has come at great cost: not in all areas and in all ways, but areas and ways that mattered to me and caused deep pain and a deep sadness. It caused loneliness, despair, anger, depression, bewilderment, distress, crisis; and above all else: grief.
Read MoreMost are comfortable in the religion of their youth or their spiritual beginning and never consider or examine their own beliefs and look outside of that to see if what they actually believe is true. It doesn’t matter if you are intelligent or “unintelligent”, most people are satisfied with never growing or maturing in their faith. Most are never curious about their beliefs. Most are never open to other ways of viewing religion.
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