Ex Theists

[Eilonnwy]

To attempt to drag this thread back to one of it's original points.

Do people think that having been brought up as a theist gives them more knowledge and insight into arguing against the subject as someone like myself who has never been religious?

Hmmm?

Yes.

I'm a big fan of the Atheist Experience, and there are a couple of lifelong atheists on the show, and they, to me, struggle more with debating theists than the host, Matt, who was once a fundie. Matt often will say "I'm putting my Chrisitan hat on" and then explain how a Christian views something, and then go ahead and demolish the point anyway. It can be really helpful, when debating a Christian, to understand where their thinking comes from because then you can understand the point they are making. It would be helpful in the sense that a lifelong atheist can see the problem, but the ex-theist can also probably phrase the problem in their argument in ways they "get it".