@Old Baby:
Questioning the sincerity of atheists who used to believe is a pretty common tactic. The No True Scotsman fallacy gives them a two-pronged attack:
1. They get to dismiss you as someone who doesn't understand something fundamental about their religion, which makes your explanations for leaving innately flawed in their eyes.
2. They hope to entice you into rejoining/trying it again due to the curiosity/fear they hope #1 generated in you.
I'd say 99% of what theists do is a smokescreen to distract from the innate illogic found in their religions. Any rational arguments they provide are without evidence, and at most point to Deism and not a zombie Jew, which is, on a practical level, no different than atheism given the lack of concern from the watchmaker.
Personally, whenever Christians drone on and on about Jesus, I mentally make a Super Friends-esque cut with "Meanwhile, in the Hall of Justice China...."
Questioning the sincerity of atheists who used to believe is a pretty common tactic. The No True Scotsman fallacy gives them a two-pronged attack:
1. They get to dismiss you as someone who doesn't understand something fundamental about their religion, which makes your explanations for leaving innately flawed in their eyes.
2. They hope to entice you into rejoining/trying it again due to the curiosity/fear they hope #1 generated in you.
I'd say 99% of what theists do is a smokescreen to distract from the innate illogic found in their religions. Any rational arguments they provide are without evidence, and at most point to Deism and not a zombie Jew, which is, on a practical level, no different than atheism given the lack of concern from the watchmaker.
Personally, whenever Christians drone on and on about Jesus, I mentally make a Super Friends-esque cut with "Meanwhile, in the Hall of Justice China...."
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"
