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Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
(October 18, 2015 at 9:14 pm)Delicate Wrote: I suppose any theist who has read this part of the forum has to chuckle at how terrible atheist critiques of theism are.

But when the laughter dies down, you're left with a troubling realization: There actually is a huge pool of people on this planet who call themselves atheists and post on the internet, but are less familiar with theism than toddlers with the inside of a quantum mechanics textbook.

Where does one go for actually informed atheistic critiques of religion? I'm feeling my brain atrophy after reading some of the threads here.


I'm a little late to this thread, so excuse me if someone else made these points.

First of all, in polls, it turns out that atheists are more knowledgeable of theism than many theists. 

Like this one

I am constantly shocked when debating Christians, that don't know about Yahweh condoning slavery, killing women who are not virgins on their wedding night, sending 42 bears to slaughter some youths for taunting a bald prophet, and many more ridiculous (and I should add, immoral) verses.

But here's the thing, until the existence of a god is demonstrated, the truthfulness and accuracy of any of the 1000's of various religions, is a nonstarter. 

There is not a single religious text that can get you to, 'therefore god exists'.

Here's a question for you. 

Is it only a 'troubling realization' to you when atheists are uninformed about your religion, or all the 1000's of others, too?

How informed are you, about Hinduism say, compared to the average atheist?

You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion? - by Simon Moon - October 19, 2015 at 7:44 pm

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