| | ::::::: Our secondary schools (age 13 - 18 approx) are perhaps more similar to your public schools; there, Christianity was only studied as part of a course on comparative religion. In our final year, speakers were invited to talk to our religion class. It was at about that time that I became interested in discussing, learning about, and thinking about, religion. | | ::::::: Our secondary schools (age 13 - 18 approx) are perhaps more similar to your public schools; there, Christianity was only studied as part of a course on comparative religion. In our final year, speakers were invited to talk to our religion class. It was at about that time that I became interested in discussing, learning about, and thinking about, religion. |
| | ::::::: In contrast to the other atheists you have met, I have no desire to be willfully ignorant. If I am to reject the Christian faith, I need to know exactly what it is that I am rejecting. So, for that reason, I read religious books extensively, particularly the works of Christian apologists and anyone who advances a view different to mine. I engage street evangelists in discussion whenever I have time. I would learn nothing by living in an echo chamber (I never enjoy discussing religion with other atheists), and if I am wrong about Christianity, or any religion, I would want to know about it. --[[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 15:50, 7 September 2009 (EDT) | | ::::::: In contrast to the other atheists you have met, I have no desire to be willfully ignorant. If I am to reject the Christian faith, I need to know exactly what it is that I am rejecting. So, for that reason, I read religious books extensively, particularly the works of Christian apologists and anyone who advances a view different to mine. I engage street evangelists in discussion whenever I have time. I would learn nothing by living in an echo chamber (I never enjoy discussing religion with other atheists), and if I am wrong about Christianity, or any religion, I would want to know about it. --[[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 15:50, 7 September 2009 (EDT) |
| | + | :::::::: Your attitude is admirable, but highly unusual among [[atheists]]. You may not remain an atheist long with your commendable approach. The [[Bible]] is the most logical book written, and I'll think you'll find that atheism contains logical contradictions. That bothers some more than others. For me, I'd never accept a belief system that has a logical contradiction. |
| | + | :::::::: As an example of one (of many) logical contradictions in atheism, atheists insist on the one hand that physical constants (like radioactive decay or the speed of light) have never changed, and yet admit on the other hand that they must have been different soon after the beginning of the universe. Another contradiction is the view of atheists toward classroom prayer: they insist on censoring it even if all want to participate in it.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 15:59, 7 September 2009 (EDT) |