So I was looking for stats on how many atheists were once theists of some type or another (still haven;t found it-- so could use some help) and I found this page.
Article linked here..
I thought it was interesting in the fact they try to keep Christians aware of logical fallacies..
I know how we feel about religion already, what I'm wondering are your views on this primer for converting atheists...
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Permalink Reply by Lorraine on February 4, 2013 at 1:59pm I think it's funny that the article didn't mention the one, sure way of converting an atheist to christianity: provide documented, peer-reviewed proof of the existence of god! Seriously, believers, that's all it would take! :)
Permalink Reply by Claire Couch on February 5, 2013 at 3:47am How to convert an atheist.. Take an atheist. Shove atheist's head up his backside.. While blinded, make atheist make claims/guesses about the world...
Permalink Reply by James Cox on February 5, 2013 at 6:33am This might not work well either. I have noticed one tendency for some of us to spend lots of time pursueing our tails and analysing everything to death. Happily my backside is mostly unavailable except via mirror...
Permalink Reply by Claire Couch on February 6, 2013 at 3:57am ROFLMAO. Touche.
Permalink Reply by Lewal on February 5, 2013 at 12:58pm I wonder if you could persuade a person to forget how to ride a bike with the same methodology.
Permalink Reply by Claire Couch on February 5, 2013 at 4:19pm Appeal to the social angle..... Now I'm gonna read teh article...
Permalink Reply by Claire Couch on February 5, 2013 at 5:38pm that was a brilliant article... I wish more theists would follow said advice..
I think just reading the Bible is enough for most people to throw the bullshit flag - eventually.
Permalink Reply by Beyonder on February 12, 2013 at 10:47am I thought it was a good article. I see NOTHING in it that would make me remotely interested in converting back to Christianity, but it does give a good road map for Christians to have a thoughtful, respectful conversation with atheists.
Permalink Reply by RobertPiano on February 19, 2013 at 5:09am Use logic and research to your advantage. Remember that some aspects of God and his existence cannot be explained logically, but the origin of life cannot yet be explained fully.
The author(s) does not believe the bible creation story. I was thinking they had to hire an atheist to write that article, but then I saw this:
Edited by Mileigh, Rob S, Rojo Don Poho, Morgan Barnhart and 157 others
Oh, It's Wiki-authored.
Permalink Reply by Ilse on March 8, 2013 at 12:32am Oh, I kind of love this! It looks like something I would have written, if I were a True Believer. And I love all the admonitions to respect atheists -- it's like the Christian version of the Prime Directive!
Permalink Reply by Shelamae Sarabia on April 18, 2013 at 3:13pm It's a choice
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