Uprooting believers.

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What I think would be a fantastic atheistic project would be to survey religious people to ask them aside from their belief that it's true, what reasons they believe in religion. Obviously, surveys have inherent dangers with the wording of questions, and the legitimacy of the answers, especially for polemic topics. But I think it would be useful in any case. Hopefully, the survey would produce at least a handful of "secondary" reasons that people have faith, that the atheistic debates don't address. Or maybe hundreds of reasons, which are sorted based on frequency reported or significance or something. Then an atheist think tank could produce a report on how to counter these top 5/10 additional fears. I think these are really the barriers that hold people back, and if you could allay/comfort/address those, they would come tumbling down.

Obviously the survey and the think tank are the processes/institutions I think might be beyond the reach of this forum that I alluded to in the other post. Are there any admins that have connections to such organizations? Or is this purely a conglomeration of generally like-minded individuals? Suppose a survey couldn't be conducted by an organization like PPP, etc. Can you guys think of any other work-arounds? Any other thoughts/suggestion? Cheers.

I think you'll find most Christians know nothing about what they believe. They'll contradict themselves and then say that the contradictions aren't a problem. Then, even if they say they have no reasons for believing what they do, I doubt they'll have a problem with the lack of knowledge they have. They'll write that off.

Technically, the Christians would be in the right for remaining in Christianity. They might not have evidence themselves, but that doesn't mean there is no evidence out there. The problem is that those same Christians won't think in that manner. Instead, they'll use a false reason: faith is blind. That is not in the bible. That is never said by a church father. That wasn't even popularized until way after the Protestant Reformation. I hate that saying.