Why does spiritual divergence feel more painful with family than with friends?

Family relationships carry attachment, identity, memory, belonging, and often the earliest ideas about God.

From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.

Where it sits in the book

Part

3: Awakening Inside a Christian Family

Gate

3.1: Feeling Different at Home

In print

Page 84

• ← 3.1.2 · Am I abandoning my family by no longer believing what they believe?
• 3.1.4 → · Can I still belong to my family if I no longer belong to their theology?
• All of Part 3

Topics

• Grief
• Family

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• What do I do about feeling so different from my family? · 7.6.4
• What if my spouse and I no longer share the same spiritual worldview? · 3.7.1