(June 14, 2018 at 9:16 am)Drich Wrote:(June 14, 2018 at 5:52 am)Kit Wrote: Theists are always stating how we atheists need to read the bible, or better understand it according to how they personally view and interpret it, notwithstanding that most of us atheists have already read it critically and interpreted it accordingly.this is not true. after 20+ years I find that 90% of atheists are funkie christians who were too lazy to actually read the bible for themselves. however most were religious and feel this translates into reading the bible as most don't mind a 1/2 assed effort to repersent a whole.
The challenge I propose is for the theist to choose an oration from Robert Green Ingersoll, to read it, and to provide a detailed post in regard to what the theist has learned from reading the article.
Here are several religiously related articles by the famous orator:
Read it cover-to-cover twice, some parts (like Genesis and the Gospels) more times than I know. I think after 20+ years you're still pulling your estimates concerning the atheists you've interacted with directly from your ass.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.