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When rational friends make spiritual beliefs feel foolish

Every time I try to explain progressive revelation to my atheist friends they look at me like I've lost my mind, and I'm starting to wonder if spiritual truth is just elaborate self-deception.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Social pressure from secular worldview creates doubt about the validity of mystical experience.

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