Deconversion is controversial...
compared to something like switching political parties, and that does have to do with the privileged position religion holds as an idea.
I think most people come to religion through childhood indoctrination, which makes it hard to separate the ideas of religion from the culture and identity people form around it.
I think people don't feel it's polite to talk about religion because they see it as something inherent to identity rather than a set of ideas that can be discussed and criticized.
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