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How friend groups navigate divergent spiritual awakenings

My three best friends from college and I used to mock organized religion together but now one of us is born again and another is exploring Buddhism and I'm the only one still where we all started and I feel left behind and confused.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The shared identity built on collective skepticism crumbles when some members discover they need what the group once rejected together.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Religion and science — the examined relationship?”

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