(September 12, 2014 at 6:38 pm)Exian Wrote: I suspect most of them are atheists. I don't know how you can know the bible front to back and believe any of its bullshit. It's gotta be the paycheck.
I'm sure the paycheck can be a point, but never underestimate the power of cognitive dissonance. Take a look at how big and complex Christian apologetics is. Anyone who takes the time to really learn the Bible can just as easily really learn apologetics.
It's more about the psychological need and desire one has for the religion to be correct than it is about facts. I had heard most everything I say now when I was still Christian, yet I was unmoved at the time. If I could travel back in time ten years to debate myself, my past self wouldn't have deconverted (assuming I wasn't spooked by seeing my future self :p). I wasn't ready, yet.
