Although it’s intended as a metaphor to describe how frightening deconversion can be, it also illustrates how much of a moral obligation there is to deconvert.
I agree that there is aesthetic and even moral obligation for all humans to confront the truth. However, this metaphor implies that there is some sort of real visceral danger to religious thinking. I thought one reason deconversion is such a difficult task is because it is either the same or possibly healthier to be religious.. what real physical dangers are religious people ignorant of, that they need to “turn on the lights”?
I agree that there is aesthetic and even moral obligation for all humans to confront the truth. However, this metaphor implies that there is some sort of real visceral danger to religious thinking. I thought one reason deconversion is such a difficult task is because it is either the same or possibly healthier to be religious.. what real physical dangers are religious people ignorant of, that they need to “turn on the lights”?