For the members of this group the journey was characterised by a tone of weariness, anger or irritated disgust' with God or religion . the journey was one of reaction or rebellion against the religion of their birth. it was often tied to a pivotal event such as the one described in the following story I was twenty-three when i lost my first child cot death they call it now well it was a cruel blow, something that i never got over . It shattered my world and it shattered my belief in God . The death of my daughter made me so angry with God and . . . um . . . the church provided me with nothing . I cannot believe in a cruel God . . .