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Obviously! Or they wouldn't be apostates. Am I one? Because I reject some things taught to me by fundamentalists?
Whatabout the various churches I was taken to? Am I an apostate to more than one now? Serious question.
I've heard the truth from Church of Christ, Methodists, Southern Baptists, Mormons, Catholics, and I am probably leaving some out. I never went to a Mosque, but I have read the Qur'an.
Obviously! Or they wouldn't be apostates. Am I one? Because I reject some things taught to me by fundamentalists?
Whatabout the various churches I was taken to? Am I an apostate to more than one now? Serious question.
I've heard the truth from Church of Christ, Methodists, Southern Baptists, Mormons, Catholics, and I am probably leaving some out. I never went to a Mosque, but I have read the Qur'an.
No, you don't qualify given the criteria you provided. You have to be a threat. If you were never a believer they'll just dismiss you as ignorant and that doesn't threaten the belief. In order to be an apostate you have to know all the dogma of a particular group making the truth claim, accept those doctrines, then reject them as false at some later point. Some groups need a way to explain why people leave because they can't admit any valid criticism.
No, you don't qualify given the criteria you provided. You have to be a threat. If you were never a believer they'll just dismiss you as ignorant and that doesn't threaten the belief. In order to be an apostate you have to know all the dogma of a particular group making the truth claim, accept those doctrines, then reject them as false at some later point. Some groups need a way to explain why people leave because they can't admit any valid criticism.
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