(July 4, 2015 at 4:52 pm)TheMonster Wrote: The theistic claim is that atheists do not have a good understanding of religion, are ignorant of it, therefore they will never understand human history properly. They say an understanding of religion is important for studying and interpreting history, especially ancient history.
My experience suggests exactly the opposite, particularly for Christians. Most Christians I've met are painfully ignorant of the history of the church. Throw in a dash of David Barton and you have a significant number of Christians believing a version of history that is not only demonstrably false, but intentionally distorted to give their beliefs more significance than they actually merit.
