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Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?
It's willful blindness, on the part of Christians who don't want to accept that we ONCE UPON A TIME saw their religion in the way that they do, and now see it very differently, with the addition of new information that they refuse to consider.

Much easier to try to claim we "never understood" their beliefs than to even admit to the possibility that they, too, could gain new information which would paint their beliefs in a very different light.

So instead of actually addressing the issues raised against Christian theology, from the broader perspective, you simply cling more tightly to the narrow perspective, and claim that these atheists "just don't understand". It would be easy to have real conversations about theology on a detailed level, and in doing so you'd find that most of us who are ex-Christian were "groomed" by our churches to absorb that "deeper knowledge" for the purpose of making us into apologists (I know I was), and in doing so learn that atheists of this sort actually have a solid grasp of what you believe, and why. All you have to do is present the detailed argument you think we cannot grasp, and see if we can. But that's just unpalatable to you.

Better for you to just present bullshit strawman versions of atheists, while claiming that it's we who present strawman versions of Christianity if we can't get your exact version of theology (out of the thousands of options, among Christian theological claims that we encounter) right.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost

I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.

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RE: Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion? - by TheRocketSurgeon - October 24, 2015 at 11:21 am

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