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Lost faith, 5 stages of grief?

They say that when a loved one dies, the grieving typically go through these stages:

1 - Denial

2 - Anger

3 - Bargaining

4 - Depression

5 - Acceptance

However I went through these during my loss of faith in the religion I was raised in.

(This has been about 10 years ago)

Others that have lost your religious faith (whatever religion) , do you find this to be true?

Maybe for you it was on/off like a lightswitch, or more complicated than the 5 stages above?

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    I think that's accurate, yes. But, I was raised a Mormon (LDS), and the typical grieving steps were augmented by the social challenge it was to leave the church as a teenager. You lose all your friends. Your parents keep forcing it on you. As a Mormon you have a lot of bad church history to answer for, and answers never come.

    In the first stages you try to pray away the doubt you have about what you used to believe. It's very difficult when the facts stand clear in your face that what you were told to believe your whole life was a lie. The depression was terrible, it lasted for a year or two; but in the end, I think being raised in such a controlling religion left a good battle wound. I can now be honest with myself without trying to justify feelings with scripture, or being pressured into beliefs by church leaders. One of the most liberating things is realizing Satan doesn't exist :) Life's good.

    Anyway, hope that answers your question.

  • Ruth
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Explains your remark about having a teenage soul. Maybe it's time to grow up, Peter Pan.

    God exists and you're on the wide pathway to hell.

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    So you are comparing the loss of faith to loss of a person (death)? That is f*cked up.

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