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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 5:29 pm
I think they call that planting a seed.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 6:50 pm
It's my understanding the Muslim proselytizers do quite well with converting infidels at sword point.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 6:54 pm
(September 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I assume that some of the forum theists here have had some degree of success in swaying others towards religious belief. I'm curious as to which type of non-believer theists find easier to persuade: Life-long atheists, ex-theists, or theists of different religious backgrounds altogether?
Counting down to the appearance of Drippy hinting at his numerous conversions without giving any details.
I would be very curious tol learn more about these enigmatic people, since for me, Drippy's christianity is a first class advertisment against it.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 7:37 pm
The few I know of, the person is always in some sort of personal tragedy or trauma.
The hook is that if you will just believe/convert all will be fixed, you'll be given all the answers. What, not fixed yet? Give it more time, the world was not made in a day. No change yet, it's your fault for not believing enough, sorry, try again just harder. Not yet? Still not hard enough, still doing something wrong, definitely your fault.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 8:25 pm
(September 6, 2015 at 6:54 pm)abaris Wrote: (September 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I assume that some of the forum theists here have had some degree of success in swaying others towards religious belief. I'm curious as to which type of non-believer theists find easier to persuade: Life-long atheists, ex-theists, or theists of different religious backgrounds altogether?
Counting down to the appearance of Drippy hinting at his numerous conversions without giving any details.
I would be very curious tol learn more about these enigmatic people, since for me, Drippy's christianity is a first class advertisment against it.
I sometimes wonder if a couple of the Christians here are really examples of Poe's law, and are secretly atheists who are trying to discredit religion by their ridiculous twaddle. Either that, or they are really, really stupid. Amazingly stupid. Almost unbelievably, impossibly stupid.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 8:29 pm
(September 6, 2015 at 6:54 pm)abaris Wrote: (September 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I assume that some of the forum theists here have had some degree of success in swaying others towards religious belief. I'm curious as to which type of non-believer theists find easier to persuade: Life-long atheists, ex-theists, or theists of different religious backgrounds altogether?
Counting down to the appearance of Drippy hinting at his numerous conversions without giving any details.
I would be very curious tol learn more about these enigmatic people, since for me, Drippy's christianity is a first class advertisment against it. If anyone wants to claim multiple conversions (online, offline or both), I'm not going to dispute it. I'm simply interested in their thoughts on which kind non-believer is the toughest nut to crack, so to speak.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 8:40 pm
Quote:I assume that some of the forum theists here have had some degree of success in swaying others towards religious belief.
That's hard to believe given the kindergartenish nature of their arguments.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 8:54 pm
(September 6, 2015 at 8:25 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: (September 6, 2015 at 6:54 pm)abaris Wrote: Counting down to the appearance of Drippy hinting at his numerous conversions without giving any details.
I would be very curious tol learn more about these enigmatic people, since for me, Drippy's christianity is a first class advertisment against it.
I sometimes wonder if a couple of the Christians here are really examples of Poe's law, and are secretly atheists who are trying to discredit religion by their ridiculous twaddle. Either that, or they are really, really stupid. Amazingly stupid. Almost unbelievably, impossibly stupid. There is one particular Christian here who posts less frequently, that I highly suspect of being a Poe.
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 8:56 pm
You're asking the wrong people.
Hey, former atheist members, have any of you been swayed by theist arguments here? Who did the trick?
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RE: Sincerely honest question
September 6, 2015 at 9:54 pm
(September 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I assume that some of the forum theists here have had some degree of success in swaying others towards religious belief.
Yeah, innocent children, and I'm sure, a few very stupid, gullible people.
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