(April 19, 2016 at 11:06 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: They find a handful of supposed 'deathbed conversions' that they can't provide verification of and it's very validating for them. Perhaps because over the last 7 years, the USA added about 18-1900 new atheists a day, while Christians dropped by about 7,500 a day over the same period. They need to count every win they can get, even if they have to make them up.
Legally they have the right to try, I'd ask them why though? I doubt though that Hitchen's family would have a case to sue, but still a dick move by this author in any case.
We no longer value claims of flat earth, nor do we value claims of Thor and we live fine without believing in Egyptian polytheism? Humans should stop thinking it is so horrible to give up on old and bad claims. Giving up on bad claims is how humans learn and progress.
If our species never questioned social norms, our species never would have left the caves.
