(November 5, 2017 at 2:12 pm)purplepurpose Wrote:(November 5, 2017 at 2:02 pm)Cyberman Wrote: I'd be tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt; however my prophet-sense is tingling that he wants to try the old "atheists are bitter at religion because they were damaged by it when they were young" canard. I do hope he proves me wrong.
It would be interesting to hear how many years passed to the current point of him still arguing about religion.
I'm not sure that the number of years one is out of a religion has any bearing on continuing to argue against religion. Once can still speak out about the cruelty and injustice inherent in religious practice whether one left religion five years ago or fifty.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
