How Evangelists Sound to Atheists

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Does anyone else get the feeling that when talking to the more grounded religious theists, "Obvious I don't really believe this" is sort of silently coming out the sides of their mouths? The fear of being wrong keeps it silent, but it's there.

Or maybe I'm just projecting.

Probably so, you tend to see that they refrain from dismissing any sort of manifestation of anyones belief or practices because in doing so, they are picking holes in their own beliefs.

That's why you very rarely witness 2 theists of differing faiths debate the veracity (or not) of their respective beliefs - they appear to avoid this at all costs, preferring to descend on atheists as attacking unbelief is so much easier for them.

Understandable really, defending a belief against another opposing belief must be racked with difficulty and complications without exposing your own as being just as riddled with holes as the one you are arguing against. That and 'only my god is the one true god' thing of course. Our ex-theists will have a better explanation I guess.

I remember seeing an audience debate about religion a few years back. They had representatives of all the major faiths along with atheists, not a single one of them rounded on an opposing faith, instead grouping together to take on the unbelievers. I doubt any of them realised the absolute mess of irony and farce that they turned that debate into.