@Macocelo,
I have it easy; I was a bible-studying, bible-institute-attending fundie in the Long Ago, and even though well equipped to do so, find it difficult to gin up the energy to argue with my fundie brother about religion. And for the most part, he has the same problem in the other direction. We both understand that "there is a great gulf fixed between us" (Biblical reference there!) and there's not much point to it.
The ONLY point to it is really in a forum like this one, where a believer occasionally is drawn to the discussion because they have some private reservations about it (or much more often, they LURK but don't participate for that reason). I try to put info out there for the benefit of those folks. The kind of info I wish I'd stumbled upon back during my deconversion (it was pre-Internet then).
So add my vote to those who say, "don't waste your time". Or if you REALLY care about righting wrongs, however quixotic, then educate yourself like anyone else has to. A knowledgable Christian will know when you're metaphorically cribbing from Cliff's Notes instead of having an actual grasp of the material.
I have it easy; I was a bible-studying, bible-institute-attending fundie in the Long Ago, and even though well equipped to do so, find it difficult to gin up the energy to argue with my fundie brother about religion. And for the most part, he has the same problem in the other direction. We both understand that "there is a great gulf fixed between us" (Biblical reference there!) and there's not much point to it.
The ONLY point to it is really in a forum like this one, where a believer occasionally is drawn to the discussion because they have some private reservations about it (or much more often, they LURK but don't participate for that reason). I try to put info out there for the benefit of those folks. The kind of info I wish I'd stumbled upon back during my deconversion (it was pre-Internet then).
So add my vote to those who say, "don't waste your time". Or if you REALLY care about righting wrongs, however quixotic, then educate yourself like anyone else has to. A knowledgable Christian will know when you're metaphorically cribbing from Cliff's Notes instead of having an actual grasp of the material.
