What does "LOSING MY RELIGION" MEAN.....??

Question

Like in the R.E.M. song?

Answer 1

It's a figure of speech used a lot in the southern U.S. that generally means becoming angry or losing your temper.

Answer 2

"Losing My Religion" is an expression from the southern region of the United States, and means losing one's temper or civility, or "flying off the handle".

Answer 3

It is something like a crisis of faith. Questioning the teachings of your chosen religion, usually because something has happened in your life or around you that doesn't adhere properly to the way you think your religion says the world, and God are.

Answer 4

Very common experience. People develop doubts and lose faith.

Sometimes this is healthy, e.g., if one belongs to a false religion. At other times, there is a conflict between our behavior and our beliefs ("cognitive dissonance'), at which point it is easier to change our beliefs.

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Bruce

Answer 5

I always took it to mean a failure of faith, either literally, as in the case of disinfranchised catholics over the pedophile priest thing, or figuratively, as in you can no longer believe in the goodness of humanity after a life-changing event.

Answer 6

It means exactly what it says. The character is is increasingly jaded about the world, and his religeon is increasingly at odds with what he sees arround him. REM Great band!

Answer 7

"Losing My Religion" means losing one's temper or civility, or "flying off the handle!!!"