RE: 300 years, yet atheism has not grown into a viable movement | Bart Campolo
October 16, 2016 at 5:19 pm
Is a religion considered 'viable' if 2/3, 3/4, 90%, 99% of it's adherents can't pass even the easiest fluffy bunniest test of religious fealty ??
I'd say the vast majority of 'believers' in the US do not comport themselves as though they sincerely believed they were adherents of The One True Faith.
On the other hand, it's pretty clear the vast majority of atheists have considered religious claims far more seriously than the religious folks do themselves, and have found them profoundly lacking.
Considering atheism isn't (and really couldn't be) organized as noted in some of the above posts, nevertheless having the shared experience of evaluating those religious claims and following along to their logical resolution is a demonstration of unification religions sects and schisms can only dream about.
I'd say the vast majority of 'believers' in the US do not comport themselves as though they sincerely believed they were adherents of The One True Faith.
On the other hand, it's pretty clear the vast majority of atheists have considered religious claims far more seriously than the religious folks do themselves, and have found them profoundly lacking.
Considering atheism isn't (and really couldn't be) organized as noted in some of the above posts, nevertheless having the shared experience of evaluating those religious claims and following along to their logical resolution is a demonstration of unification religions sects and schisms can only dream about.
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