You’re going to want to grab a cozy drink and pull up your favorite note-taking app because this episode is jam-packed!

Former guest, Daniel shared his deconversion story here, and now he returns with a lesson on the psychology of modern—and often, predatory—apologetics. He knows his stuff, so prepare to learn a few things.

“The target audience of apologetics is actually believers, and the purpose of apologetics is to reduce cognitive dissonance.”

Links

Daniel’s first episode
https://gracefulatheist.com/2022/10/09/daniel-office-of-the-skeptic/

Interact

For quotes, recommendations, transcripts and more see the full episode show notes
https://gracefulatheist.com/2023/07/16/daniel-psychology-of-apologetics/

Join the Deconversion Anonymous Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/deconversion

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Secular Grace
https://gracefulatheist.com/2016/10/21/secular-grace/

Deconversion
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/

Deconstruction
https://gracefulatheist.com/2017/12/03/deconversion-how-to/#deconstruction/

Attribution

"Waves" track written and produced by Makaih Beats
https://makaihbeats.net/