If you see them go up and talk about how they became Christian then they often try and outdo themselves in a manner of Monty Python's four Yorkshiremen.
One will go up and say that he was so blind to God that he used to be an atheist. The next Christian will stand up and say the same thing but say how he was also angry at God and how his conversion was all the more life changing. Another will follow saying how he used to be all that as well but into dark evil things like D&D and martial arts. The next will add drugs to the list (like alcohol and even inhaled *gasp* marijuana) etc.
But saying that they used to be an atheist when what they really mean is 'not consciously Christian' they are insinuating that you are wrong and that they know that because they used to think like you but found the error of their ways. The suggestion being that you just haven't discovered yet what they have. After all, how do you know what you don't yet know if you don't already know it?
One will go up and say that he was so blind to God that he used to be an atheist. The next Christian will stand up and say the same thing but say how he was also angry at God and how his conversion was all the more life changing. Another will follow saying how he used to be all that as well but into dark evil things like D&D and martial arts. The next will add drugs to the list (like alcohol and even inhaled *gasp* marijuana) etc.
But saying that they used to be an atheist when what they really mean is 'not consciously Christian' they are insinuating that you are wrong and that they know that because they used to think like you but found the error of their ways. The suggestion being that you just haven't discovered yet what they have. After all, how do you know what you don't yet know if you don't already know it?
