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[–]worried19 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Makes sense. The religious comparison is apt. When people are born again, their old self is washed away. A lot of them consider themselves new people. They're "baby Christians," like they were reborn into Christianity.

But I think even if you asked a religious person, they'd still admit that they're not literally a new person. Just metaphorically.

[–]MezozoicGaygay male 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Some do believe they are completely new person. And in some communities, they act like "historically" they are new people too, as they "forgetting" their past and when anyone speaking about it - it is always like about some other person.

Most such religious practices by orthodox christians and atheists here are called "cults" and "sects". And I can't completely disagree.