tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198954.post1965484648784322090..comments2023-07-17T10:56:54.610+01:00Comments on Deep Thought: Growing out of GodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8198954.post-728902101908361142012-09-09T21:17:53.273+01:002012-09-09T21:17:53.273+01:00Like Derren Brown, I was very religious in my youn...Like Derren Brown, I was very religious in my younger years but have decided to suspend any such beliefs on the basis of altogether insufficient supportive evidence. Looking back, I am not surprised that I so lost faith. I see now that my claim to have been in a personal relationship with the Almighty was more wishful thinking than reality. I don't really believe anybody has (nor could have) genuinely had such an experience. If they had, I can only imagine they would be so transformed that loss of faith would be ludicrous. Rather than struggle on trying to 'keep the faith' (your own and that of others), it might be wiser to face the possibility that there is nothing there in the first place and that this change in faith as one matures, is just that: a genuine move towards maturity and discarding of the self-deception and wishful thinking of youth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08121378939513726703noreply@blogger.com