Given how many atheists are former christians, and many of those surely had lots of faith, I'd say that faith alone is not enough to keep everyone in the group. I was big into it when I was young too. At one point I spent parts of Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at a church or bible study group. It's just that when I started learning things about the stories of the bible from sources outside the faith that I found it hard to believe anymore.
For some people it can really shake your faith when you learn that the story of Jesus is not unique. That hinduism is an older religion with a guy named Mithra who was also born of a virgin, taught with some followers, died, and came back three days later. Not to mention several other mythological people.
For some people it can really shake your faith when you learn that the story of Jesus is not unique. That hinduism is an older religion with a guy named Mithra who was also born of a virgin, taught with some followers, died, and came back three days later. Not to mention several other mythological people.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
