(December 21, 2014 at 10:55 am)Alex K Wrote:(December 21, 2014 at 10:36 am)watchamadoodle Wrote: I can't understand how an atheist who has researched the arguments is able to believe in Christianity.
I think you've at least partly answered your question. We often say about fundamentalists that it may not be possible to reason someone out of a position they haven't reasoned themselves into in the first place. The same is probably true in reverse - I'm sure there are atheists who haven't thought deeply about the issue and simply were atheist by default because of their upbringing, or simply contrarian. I can imagine how someone like that would become theist.
One of my theories is that these atheists were knowledgable about the argument for and against deism (and other minimal forms of theism). They convinced themselves that deism is possible and then they overlooked the fact that Christianity is different than deism?
I don't understand how anybody can have read the history and then convert to Christianity.
I can understand how a person who was indoctrinated into Christianity might know the history and still not be able to give up their beliefs.
