(November 28, 2013 at 8:19 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I haven't read the book, but I'm skeptical. It seems that if theism could be cured, it would have been by now.
Boru
That's why I say it's not exactly a manual.
A manual implies that if you follow these steps you will reach the desired conclusion. That's not what I got from the book. It was more about how to undermine the other person's certainty in faith - and that the only real way to do this, IMO, is through repeated conversations with someone who is open minded enough to consider your points.
This would never work on the fundy I know. She's too far gone, been in too deep for too long, and wouldn't even be willing to listen to the suggestion that maybe possibly what she believes isn't 100% true. I mean, if I could get her to admit that there's even a possibility that Christianity isn't 100% correct I would call that a win and walk away.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
