Replace “TrueBeliever™” with “properly practicing Christian Science.” Change up some of the theology so it is a little more allegorical and less literal. Add in the lines “turn to the books” and “pray harder” and this parallels what many former Christian Scientists deal with as well.
You were never a real christian
If you claimed to be a Christian, and now claim that you are not, you were never a Christian to begin with. There is no such thing as a deconvert.
How many times have we heard these words? How many times has it stung? With the wave of a hand a TrueBeliever™ dismisses the very idea. It devalues and belittles the experiences that former Christians have faced. The audacity!
When you’ve been a Christian, though, you know why these Christians dismiss you. The first reason is because the Bible tells them so:
“They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.I…
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