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Deconversion may occur suddenly or be a gradual process. Generally deconversion will be a quiet process for those who have only been a member of the NRM for one year or less. However, for those who have been a follower for longer than a year tend to go through confrontational, emotional, and dramatic deconversion processes. [citation needed]
Religious disaffiliation is the act of leaving a faith, or a religious group or community. It is in many respects the reverse of religious conversion . Several other terms are used for this process, though each of these terms may have slightly different meanings and connotations.
In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals". [ 2 ] People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, [ 3 ] secondary conversion , deathbed conversion , conversion for convenience, marital ...
"Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." [38] B. J. Oropeza states that apostasy is a "phenomenon that occurs when a religious follower or group of followers turn away from or otherwise repudiate the central beliefs and practices they once embraced in a respective religious community."
Faith deconstruction, also known as deconstructing faith, religious deconstruction, or simply deconstruction, is a process during which religious believers reexamine and question their beliefs. It originated in American evangelicalism , where it may be called evangelical deconstruction . [ 1 ]
Religious conversion should by applied to and approved by authorised registration boards. The law prohibits application "for conversion to a new religion with the intent of insulting, degrading, destroying or misusing any religion," the penalty of violation of which is two-year imprisonment or a fine of 200,000 Kyats, or both. [3]
[4] "Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." [5] B. J. Oropeza, who has written one of the most exhaustive studies on the phenomenon of apostasy in the New Testament (3 Volumes, 793 pages), [6] "uncovered several factors that result in apostasy."
Deprogramming is a controversial tactic that seeks to dissuade someone from "strongly held convictions" [1] such as religious beliefs. Deprogramming purports to assist a person who holds a particular belief system—of a kind considered harmful by those initiating the deprogramming—to change those beliefs and sever connections to the group associated with them.