{"id":383,"date":"2010-08-18T04:14:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asktheatheist.com\/?p=383"},"modified":"2010-08-18T04:14:21","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T18:14:21","slug":"changing-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asktheatheist.com\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Changing Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question from Brian:<\/strong>
\nHi, I’m a recent christian turned atheist. I’ve found multiple atheist friends at my school, and they’re closer than I’ve ever had before. But there’s only one problem: I love this girl, but she’s a hardcore christian. She refuses to even consider anything beyond her blind limitations. Do you have any ideas for me? I’d really appreciate it.
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\nAnswer:<\/strong>
\nJust as there are as many specific rationales for Christian belief as there are Christians, there are as many specific escape routes as there are ex<\/em>-Christians. There’s nothing which works for everybody, and the process can take so long that you don’t know what really did it. I took 15 years.
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\nSo, help us out by providing the answer to this question: why, as specifically as possible, does your girlfriend believe in the first place? If you know this already, or if she’ll tell you when asked, great, otherwise try to figure it out. I don’t think you’ll get far without this information.
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\nGet back to me in a comment and we’ll have a think about it.
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\n– SmartLX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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