Absolutely, and I’ve had to wrestle with that, as well. This was even more challenging for me than simply having “been wrong”—I had to be willing to “rewrite” my story, something I’ve been claiming as true about myself and what happened to me for 9 years (a long time).
Edited 10/2011: Removed some details I decided to try and purge from passer-by readership.
I would heavily credit the strong relationships and intimate sharing fostered by my religious participation with the development of proper methods of dealing with life’s ups and downs, though. This is not something unique to religion, but perhaps had I never been religious, I wouldn’t have experienced the tremendous benefits that such practices bring about.
As such, I’d really, really, really like to find local “rationalists” interested in social support and remedying deficiency since I’m no longer receiving such support via a religious equivalent.
Absolutely, and I’ve had to wrestle with that, as well. This was even more challenging for me than simply having “been wrong”—I had to be willing to “rewrite” my story, something I’ve been claiming as true about myself and what happened to me for 9 years (a long time).
Edited 10/2011: Removed some details I decided to try and purge from passer-by readership.
I would heavily credit the strong relationships and intimate sharing fostered by my religious participation with the development of proper methods of dealing with life’s ups and downs, though. This is not something unique to religion, but perhaps had I never been religious, I wouldn’t have experienced the tremendous benefits that such practices bring about.
As such, I’d really, really, really like to find local “rationalists” interested in social support and remedying deficiency since I’m no longer receiving such support via a religious equivalent.