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Chapter 2 Question 1

"When I chose to reject the idea of God," Hemant writes, "I was motivated in part by facets of my religion that didn't ring true." Have you identified any religious beliefs you have been taught that no longer ring true? If so, what do you do with those teachings?

I want to extend this question as well to include atheists so I'm going to add the question: do you miss the assurance of unquestioning beliefs at all? If you could take back the questions about your beliefs, would you?

My own answer is that I don't recall any great loss of belief, no sudden revelation (if you will), so the questions were gradual and raised upon one another. I don't regret them but every now and then I do find myself engaging in some wishful thinking.

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I do find that there are some of the beliefs that I was taught that I do not consider to be true. For example, that evolution is false. But that does not detract, for me, in what they believe. I think that while having the right beliefs, within Christianity I mean, is important but not crucial. Though I am a more liberal/moderate Christian than most (if not all) of the people in my church or my family, I can respect what they believe just as much as I can respect what you all, as atheists "believe".

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I want to extend this question as well to include atheists so I'm going to add the question: do you miss the assurance of unquestioning beliefs at all?

In my case not even a bit. In fact I've never rejected my beliefs but rather realised that they were not really mine. Imposing them on myself was what was making me feel uneasy in the first place so it's not like they've ever been giving me any assurance.