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Things You Learn When You Break Up with God (vice.com)
8 points by dsr12 on July 31, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


As someone who has gone through the same journey, this article strikes me as surprisingly shallow.

> The first time I got drunk, I made out with my best friend and her best friend in an RV in their backyard while doing tequila shots. I passed out, vomited, then passed out again. It was bliss.

He has not confronted the meaninglessness of a sudden break up with God. I'm speaking as someone who used to be a strict member of a religion and prayed multiple times a day.

There's really too much in the article that's wrong for me to go through. The cynic in me wants to say it was written by a wannabe author and greenlit by someone who never had to do go through that.


It turns out things are different for different people.


See also: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki_Atheism_FAQ_for_th... which was written especially for people in this circumstance.


I have to say this just sounds like the writings of a whiny person in their 20s whose life changed when he took a different path than his friends. There's really nothing about God or deep thought in this article. Fluff.




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