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What are some good checkmate arguments against religion?
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RE: What are some good checkmate arguments against religion?
(May 24, 2014 at 6:42 am)Confused Ape Wrote: A few minutes googling shows that he isn't the only atheist who converted to a religion. So, in my opinion, arguments about lack of education and indoctrination should be used with caution.

Or rather, broad generalizations about that should be used with caution. Life is too nuanced to make sweeping blanket statements about all but the simplest of positions; exceptions to a rule don't necessarily invalidate the rule in a general sense.

That said, I do wonder why it is that so many of these "former atheist" stories we hear include such inaccurate portrayals of what atheism actually is. Sometimes it seems like every atheist-turned-christian we hear from was of the gnostic stripe, or rather, convinced themselves that they were after the fact to distance themselves from the more cogent atheist positions out there.
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RE: What are some good checkmate arguments against religion? - by Esquilax - May 24, 2014 at 6:46 am

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