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> Of a hundred fundamentalist Christians, how many do you suppose could be convinced via argument to become atheists? The word "fundamentalist" is unhelpful he

> Of a hundred fundamentalist Christians, how many do you suppose could be convinced via argument to become atheists? The word "fundamentalist" is unhelpful here, but if you ask adult Christians why they are Christian, I would be willing to bet most would give you a reasonably rational, well-articulated answer (that you may happen to disagree with). The same is true for adults of other religions. The other problem with this particular statement is that statistics show that lots of Christians stop being Christians. Some were devout Christians who become devout Atheists. Some were lukewarm Christians who stopped going to church. Some never really went to Church, so just stopped calling themselves Christian. On the other hand, there are plenty of biographies of atheists who became Christian.

kodah 6y ago
> I would be willing to bet most would give you a reasonably rational, well-articulated answer (that you may happen to disagree with). I'm from the American South and formerly Catholic. In my experience your description would be true of average religions but not the religious fundamentalist crowd. Some reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism Fundamentalists believe firmly in the idea of "faith", which is to accept all teachings from the Bible as truth and nothing else. They cannot be persuaded, they cannot be reasoned with. If you'd asked a fundamentalist questions about creationism as it relates to Higgs-Boson you would not get anything rational in response. Likewise, it would be foolish for you to expect anything different because their beliefs are pretty much open for observation. > The other problem with this particular statement is that statistics show that lots of Christians stop being Christians This is only a very recent development (Source: https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christ...) but you're presenting it as longstanding tradition. In reality, up until 2007 religion was continuing to add to their masses.

kodah 6y ago

> I would be willing to bet most would give you a reasonably rational, well-articulated answer (that you may happen to disagree with). I'm from the American South and formerly Catholic. In my experience your description would be true of average religions but not the religious fundamentalist crowd. Some reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_fundamentalism Fundamentalists believe firmly in the idea of "faith", which is to accept all teachings from the Bible as truth and nothing else. They cannot be persuaded, they cannot be reasoned with. If you'd asked a fundamentalist questions about creationism as it relates to Higgs-Boson you would not get anything rational in response. Likewise, it would be foolish for you to expect anything different because their beliefs are pretty much open for observation. > The other problem with this particular statement is that statistics show that lots of Christians stop being Christians This is only a very recent development (Source: https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christ...) but you're presenting it as longstanding tradition. In reality, up until 2007 religion was continuing to add to their masses.