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Arguing w/ Religious Friends
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RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends
Unless you all like to debate for the sake of debate (some people do myself included), there's not much point in trying to make people atheists by logical arguments. If they really have faith, they just dig in and say "la, la, la" in the back of their mind.

I suggest the stealth method. Ask them why they believe. If they grew up in a religious home, they often don't really know. If the answer is the Bible, ask them why they think that it's true and so on. Don't press, just ask and wait for the penny to drop. Ask again in a week or two.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god.  If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by z7z - June 5, 2015 at 11:08 am
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by FatAndFaithless - June 5, 2015 at 11:10 am
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by Pyrrho - June 5, 2015 at 2:13 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by abaris - June 5, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by Jenny A - June 5, 2015 at 11:13 am
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by Crossless1 - June 5, 2015 at 11:23 am
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by abaris - June 5, 2015 at 11:52 am
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by z7z - June 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by KevinM1 - June 5, 2015 at 1:06 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by Nope - June 5, 2015 at 1:21 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by Minimalist - June 5, 2015 at 12:50 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by QuarkDriven - June 5, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by KUSA - June 5, 2015 at 4:23 pm
RE: Arguing w/ Religious Friends - by Cephus - June 5, 2015 at 4:53 pm

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