Shulem Deen recounts how an AM/FM radio led to the loss of his faith and the break-up of his marriage. He belonged to "all-Hasidic village in Rockland County, N.Y." where "radio — along with TV, movies, newspapers and other sources of secular influence" were forbidden:
Our dogmas and worldviews, I would eventually find, were inconsistent with my developing views about the world. Soon after purchasing my first computer, I would sign up for a subscription to America Online, and, with a world of information at my fingertips, my faith would be further eroded until, after many years, I would lose it entirely.
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