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"tells a compelling story about his conversion to atheism" Conversion to atheism? That sentence doesn't make any sense, atheism is not a religion. It would be

• dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Conversion to atheism? That sentence doesn't make any sense, Yes, it does. > atheism is not a religion. That doesn't matter, as it's clearly a belief, and the relevant sense of “conversion” is (from Google Search’s integrated dictionary) “the fact of changing one's religion or beliefs or the action of persuading someone else to change theirs”.
  • drKarl 9y ago
    > as it's clearly a belief Atheism is a lack of belief, not a belief. Saying that atheism is a belief would be like saying that bald is a hair color. Also, I think that the title is loaded to convey that atheism is like another religion, which has to be taught. The idea of "teaching atheism" is silly. Just teach to reason and think for themselves, and form their own opinion based on facts rather than blindly accepting what someone told them to belief, let everyone think freely and provide the mental tools to do so instead of indoctrinating children. Education is the worse enemy of religion. Religion preys on the ignorant.
    • dragonwriter 9y ago
      > Atheism is a lack of belief, not a belief. Even granting that, changing to atheism is a change of belief and thus comfortably fits within the definition of conversion.