[Serious] Over the top

[Belacqua]

I've never said it's objectively true that "god belief" is beautiful. I've never said that Christianity is particularly beautiful -- where I live most people are Pure Land Buddhist. I have never said that people should stop asserting anything. 

Lol...liar.

Tbh, your little campaign reads a lot like the bullshit "soft" conversion tactics that I've read about before:

https://www.wordonfire.org/resources/blo...ve-in-god/
As a student of atheist conversions, I don’t think I can overstate the importance of beauty. Beauty is probably the closest thing to the spiritual experienced by a lifelong atheist. At the same time, beauty rarely carries any dogmatic baggage. And even when it does, the dogmatic element speaks for itself with no need for persuasion or even articulation. Beauty is, therefore, both a window into authentic religious life and a non-threatening invitation into it. I remember reading the account of an atheist journalist who walked into an Orthodox church in Moscow and was brought to the brink of belief by the beauty of the liturgy and the smell of incense. Despite my attempts at trying to recreate history through Google searches, I could not locate who this was or from what publication. But it’s burned into my mind as a powerful testament to the power of beauty. Without any words or analytical thoughts, a solidly secular atheist came within an inch of believing in God solely through an encounter with the beautiful. That’s powerful. And it’s a sentiment echoed in atheist conversions all over the place, including the stories of C.S. Lewis, , and countless others.

When using this tactic, the apologist is instructed to avoid negative associations and making overt attempts at conversion, and simply focus on the beauty of religion in order to foster non-believers' sense of "transcendence".
What you're attempting to do here on AF is nothing new, dude.

If you can point to anything I've said that is incorrect, I'll be happy to discuss it.

What you're doing here is mind-reading, fantasizing that I have goals that I don't really have.

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Edited to add:

You've brought to mind something I hadn't thought about in a LONG TIME.

When I was in about 6th grade, the local preacher's kid wanted to make me a Christian. One of his arguments was that when I sit quietly, if I look inward, I will feel the presence of God. So I tried this, and I didn't feel the presence of God. Then when I reported back to him, he said that no, in fact I really did feel it, but I refused to admit it. He said I must be lying.

But it wasn't an effective tactic for him to use, because I know my mind better than he did.