scoobysnack Wrote:Quote:If you really wanted to know, you could email him. His email address is on his website. I've emailed him before to thank him.
Seriously contemplate how you would talk about atheism if you turned away from atheism. How many people who didn't know you would believe what you are saying?
I'm not here to push anything. I realize we are all individuals and form our own conclusions. I just wanted to give people information to contemplate.
If I wanted an objective assessment of a product, why would I go to the salesman? The veracity of his version is exactly what's in question.
I believe I would be very convincing because I would still understand how most Western atheists think and what they would find compelling. I don't think what I learned in my years as an atheist would magically vanish from my brain. And I actually have heard convincing accounts of conversion from atheists, though there reasons for converting were never compelling.
OTH, if I were trying to cash in my atheist cred to rake in Christian cash, I can see where it would be in my financial best interest to play up the stereotypes. If I had the cynicism to try to use my atheist past that way, I suppose I would be cynical enough to milk it for all it's worth, and anything that smacks of atheists being reasonable is a non-starter in Evangelical circles.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.