(October 6, 2016 at 11:32 am)Mathilda Wrote:(October 6, 2016 at 11:12 am)Whateverist Wrote: I doubt it. Portraying yourself as having formerly been a really fucked up person before you found the lord is pretty standard fare amongst apologists. Keep in mind that they imagine we are all running amuck in sin and fallenness.
It's actually quite interesting to watch if you find yourself at a Christian meeting. It's like the apologetic's version of the four Yorkshiremen. I remembering the first one get up and say how fucked up he was before he found God and then the others followed with a similar story, but each worse and slightly different.
IMO, this would appear to support the observation made by Andy Thomson, author of Why We Believe in Gods, that religion provides a strong platform for connection, bonding, and attachment, which is a great source of its power over people.
