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When childhood faith resurfaces during emergencies

I was raised evangelical and left the church, but yesterday when my toddler fell down the stairs I heard myself screaming 'Jesus help us' and I don't know where that came from.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Crisis can bypass intellectual rejection and activate deeply embedded spiritual reflexes, revealing the persistence of early religious imprinting.

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