Quote Originally Posted by Aylen View Post
It's usually due to some personal investment and/or disillusionment. Not saying this is the case here. When I left Christianity I spent some time trolling Christians with talk of aliens among other things, like quoting from the book, "Holy Blood Holy Grail". I also knew more about their religion than most of them which made it easy. Not something I am particularly proud of now but at the time I was angry about most of my experiences with Christians and the church. I finally let it go when I found a mentor, of sorts, that taught me that my beliefs were serving a purpose for me just as their beliefs were serving a purpose for them. He also told me that I thought that I was superior to them, just as I had thought I was superior when I was one of them. Letting that go was like a ton of weight off me. I still do it though when someone is too serious but now I am no longer serious about it and I try to have more respect for their beliefs. Until they annoy me past a certain point.
i identify with this too, because i did something similar when i left religion - i would be angry with Christians and tell them why their beliefs were stupid etc. this was when i was in middle school or something - i got over it eventually, and now have a similar way of dealing with it as you do

leaving religion is a very personal and transformative thing, so i can understand having this kind of response after feeling disillusioned. i guess i'm confused regarding my original question, because don't view being into typology, then getting "disillusioned" by it, and continuing to criticize it for years afterward as quite the same thing - it seems so much more petty and pointless. is it really the case that the people who are the most "anti-typology" are also the ones who felt the most disillusioned by it?