For those of you who are ex-Christian like me, since leaving have you had Christians try to convince you you are wrong/"bring you back" using Jesus' "love and sacrifice" as a "compelling" argument?
Yesterday, I had an acquaintance repeatedly try to use Jesus' supposed dying on the cross as the reason she's in the faith despite her misgivings about evil in the world and evil in the Bible (mass murder, endorsement of rape, subjugation of women, homophobia etc sanctioned by god). I didn't know how to tell her--or maybe I didn't have the heart to tell her--I find the whole idea absolutely REVOLTING. That god would supposedly kill his son--who is supposedly also himself--to exploit a loophole that HE created, the message that we are ALL so VILE as humans that god had to kill himself. They make it sound like some beautiful act, but it appalls and disgusts me to no end.
Thoughts?
I'm an ex-christian. I deal with this via my family and often. You just have to stand firm that your logic wins out over their beliefs. It can be difficult when you don't want to hurt feelings but we're doing no favors letting them live in lies. Hth
People whom try to convince you of their religion are only trying to convince themselves of something they sincerely doubt.
I know many have doubts but it honestly appears that the majority of them actually believe in their bullshit.