(December 29, 2013 at 6:05 pm)TudorGothicSerpent Wrote:Thats my feeling too, but some of those people try to play that up once they convert. Like Lee Strobel, the single apologist I hate more they any(December 29, 2013 at 5:54 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: My experience is that most Evangelical Christians that say they used to be atheists are full of shit. You can usually tell within 5 minutes of talking to them because they will know nothing about atheism.
That...yeah, that also happens. I think that most just didn't think about religion very much in the past. If asked at the time, I doubt they would have said that they didn't believe in God.
Of course, the idea that a real Christian won't participate in non-Christian behavior or can't lose their salvation (something you find in evangelical circles pretty often, particularly among Calvinists) probably leads to a lot of that. If sola fide is true, and if you were participating in behavior that marked you as "unsaved" (partying/swearing/[insert denomination's least favorite thing here]), then of course you didn't really believe.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
