Re: Deconversion

Peter R wrote:
[ Gareth ]
Those of you who wish to speculate that this is all
because I wasn't a member of the One True Church, or
because I accepted the devilish heresy of evolution,
or because I held on to an outmoded supernaturalist
conception of Christianity, or [etc., etc., etc.] are
welcome to do so. I can't think of any such speculation
that I find at all plausible.


Richard
I speculate that its a step forward in discipleship. You might find
authors such as M Scott Peck and James Fowler helpful for this new
stage in your life. Like Peter R, I see this as a courageous move.
Peck's '4 stages' theory would probably have you making the progression
from stage 2 to stage 3.


Sighhh....don't you think that's somewhat patronising[1] Richard?

Obviously you think so, yet oddly I don't. Do you consider the stages
in Peck's theory a kind of progression in reaching the 'moral high
ground' ? Or do you think that not having read a certain book or
authors is some sort of failing ?

I can't
speak for Gareth but I know that response would annoy me big time. Just the
lack of reading[2] it assumes would piss me off.

It doesn't assume the lack of reading, since I said 'you might find'.
Its quite possible Gareth's read them already.

[1]This has brought on a rush of nostalgia. I seem to remember that my very
first post to this group was to tell Anabel I thought she was being
patronising for quoting M Scott Peck to another member of the group who was
struggling with belief...Angie[3] I think??

Doesn't that give you a hint that the 'patronization' you're seeing
might be something to do with you, and not necessarily something to do
with the poster ?

[2]For what it's worth I think Peck's "Different Drum" is pop-psychology at
its worst

I disagree, for what its worth. I've come across far worse pop-psych
than that.

Richard
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