Can atheists convert theists?

[strattosphere]

Strattosphere -

More assumptions. You're assuming that just because I believe in god, that I agree with and would back up everything a christian would tell you. I'm not even a christian, theres plenty that I disagree with them about, so I can't see that happening. And now you're lumping me in with other people, saying that I'm part of a system. This is news to me. Seriously, where are you getting all this stuff from?

You don't read previous posts properly do you. Are you reading through eyes filled with a foaming religious rage?

When I say 'you are part of the system that seeks to make acceptable any kind of belief in the supernatural' I mean that all the religions in the world that have a supernatural deity rely on each other to perpetuate the idea that belief is acceptable. It acts like a mass hysteria system in that children see belief in which ever colour of spaghetti monster is the fashion in their part of the world, wherever they look. The only choice they have is whether to believe in God or not (as long as they are in a country that won't kill them for deciding not to), God being which ever deity their parents or local society believe in. As they get older they may look for other less mental versions to believe in but it's still belief in something other than themselves.

I lump you in with all the other believers because you are all believers! Isn't it just a tad obvious that the one thing you have in common is the fact that you all believe in a supernatural deity? But you must be the only one who's right, yes? So you can't be lumped in with the rest?

Atheists consider all believers to be the same when it comes to faith in an outside creator figure. All faith is irrational, whatever the religion.