(April 22, 2015 at 12:39 pm)robvalue Wrote: How many theists have become atheists due to this site, do you think?
There were at least 2 in the last few months that I can remember. Can't remember their names though.
One guy that was a teacher at a religious school that had to leave his position and find another teaching job at a secular school.
And another guy that was a "liberal Christian" that quite quickly was convinced his beliefs were irrational.
But there is more to it than just getting theists to become atheists. I'm sure that some theists have become less fundamentalist because of sites like this. Probably more that are no longer YEC's.
Not to mention many who sit on the sideline and never post, maybe for fear of discovery by their family.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
