How often do people lose their faith in God after a traumatic experience?
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Re: How often do people lose their faith in God after a traumatic experience?
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As a fellow non-believer, I came from a Christian background, and while I did not have a traumatic experience per se that caused me to lose my faith, I would argue that Christianity as a whole is a traumatic experience. That goes more towards other believers, and I am sure that most ex-believers who have come out of the church and especially fundamentalist beliefs, would agree that religious trauma is a big part of the deconstruction stage.Missing Person wrote: ↑02 Sep 2022, 15:30 I've seen a lot of discussion about how inspiring Tripodo's faith in God was. I've also seen many stories of Christians holding onto their faith after losing a loved one. In fact, I've seen so many of these stories of Christians holding onto their faith after a traumatic experience that I've come to the conclusion that the majority of Christians hold onto their no matter how much pain and suffering they experience, and that suffering is not the principle reason why most Christians lose their faith in God.
If my hypothesis is correct and the majority of Christians still have faith in God after losing their loved ones or going through some traumatic experience, then what exactly is so inspiring about Ron Tripodo's experience? Why were so many OBC readers impressed with Tripodo's faith? As an atheist, I find it difficult to understand some readers admiration for Tripodi's faith.
If the majority of Christians lost their faith in God after a traumatic experience then I would understand how inspiring Tripodo's faith would seem. But this is not the case. I've seen trailers for Christian movies talk about Christians becoming atheists after losing a loved one. For example, in the movie Let There Be Light, Dr. Sol Harkens lost his son to cancer and then became an atheist. The movie is about how Harkens regains his faith. If Harken's experience is a common one, then that would mean Tripodo's faith was a very impressive feat, if not that would mean that, at least in my eyes, his faith was a not meaningful factor in the heartbreaking ordeal he had to endure.
I fully agree with you that Tripodo's faith is not really necessarily that huge of an inspiring feat because Christians are expected to keep their faith no matter what. Everything is just the Devil testing you and God allowing him to. Seems kind of backward to have faith in a god that, if he truly cared, would not constantly test people through traumatic events and such.
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