(September 26, 2013 at 9:02 pm)Airyaman Wrote: Careful...we give Christians a hard time when they trot out the "not a True Christian™" line, we don't want to do the same and say "not a True Atheist™".
I wasn't trotting out a "no true scotsman." When I said that most theists are either confused or lying when they say they were an atheist, that was based on personal experience. Most of the stories I've heard go something like, "I used to be an atheist, and I hated god..."
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
