An adage of John Pierpont Morgan says, "A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."
An adage of John Pierpont Morgan says, "A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."
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Listening to the other person allows you to be a detective to find the real reason why a person is an atheist (see: [[Causes of atheism]]). For example, many people are atheists because they are angry at their parents who held a particular religious views (see: [[Atheism and poor relationships with parents]]). Various studies found that traumatic events in people's lives has a positive correlation with "emotional atheism".<ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2011/01/when-atheists-are-angry-at-god When atheists are angry at God] by Joe Carter at FirstThings.com website</ref> See also: [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|Atheism and the problem of evil]]
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Listening to the other person allows you to be a detective to find the real reason why a person is an atheist (see: [[Causes of atheism]]). Various studies found that traumatic events in people's lives has a positive correlation with "emotional atheism".<ref>[http://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2011/01/when-atheists-are-angry-at-god When atheists are angry at God] by Joe Carter at FirstThings.com website</ref> See also: [[Atheism and the Problem of Evil|Atheism and the problem of evil]]
== Research the matter at hand and have a familiarity with rebuttals to atheism and atheistic arguments ==
== Research the matter at hand and have a familiarity with rebuttals to atheism and atheistic arguments ==