Raised Christian, converted by internet

[The Valkyrie]

Religion relies on control, and it's really hard to do that in the information age unless you ban the internet or something. Also phones, and any other handheld device like that.

In my neck of the woods, I don't think people even put catholics in the same category as protestants, despite both groups worshiping the same guy.

Of course it does. Without control they'd lose membership. It's part of the reason so many conservative religions are so opposed to education beyond the basics.

I'm still amazed, though I shouldn't be, just how brainwashed many of these people are.

I just read an article on the Friendly Atheist blog about an opinion piece in Charisma magazine about the "atheist agenda"

Reading the comments is a real eye opener. One atheist responds to the nonsense in the article and it seems every idiot theist and his brain-dead dog starts replying with prosletyzing, strawmen, and every other fallacy you can name.

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyath...our-faith/

Link is to Hemant Mehta's blog, not to the article directly.