I know several people that are OTD. None of them are drug addicts or anything like that, but they’re not Harvard graduates either. Most of them went OTD because they didn’t have a decent social life when they were religious. No, that’s not the reason they’ll tell you, but that’s the truth. Problem is that social skills don’t magically rain down on you when you go OTD. Now they have other socially awkward OTD friends though, so that’s keeping them from coming back. I only know one OTD person who has good social skills, and that person still respects and gets along very well with religious people. Most OTD people on drugs is not because they stopped believing in Hashem but rather that they have major issues. Someone with major issues and doesn’t believe in Hashem is obviously worse than someone who’s only issue is that they don’t believe in Hashem.
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