(January 16, 2015 at 2:30 pm)Davka Wrote:(January 16, 2015 at 2:26 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Maybe there's hope for you yet. You've exercised critical thinking skills you probably never knew you had
nah, more likely it's just that the completely unsubstantiated bullshit in the book didn't line up with the completely unsubstantiated bullshit he already believed in. He dismissed it for the same reason he dismisses Islam, which is the same reason he dismisses science.
We do give every theist here a hard time and other religions too. What we are doing is getting them for the most part, used to blasphemy not being a call for their deaths, which they already know or should know.
But it is also to get them to equate their rejections of others claims to see that we agree with them rejecting others claims and suggest they aim that criticism at themselves.
I have met many former believers over the years who were frightened of atheists who after they realized they got it wrong, ended up relieved that they no longer had to defend their complicated myths.
I myself at the time I first got online, .even though I was an atheist, feared what others might think if they found out, and even thought "what if I am joining a cult".
It really is a relief for many to finally realize there is no bearded man or guy with a pitchfork battling over the neurons in your head.
